Meanwhile, Leicester City had already given up its brief grip of league leadership as the team settled for a 1-1 draw with fellow powerhouse squad Manchester United at the King Power Stadium last Saturday, as per Daily Mail Online.
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In contrast, the result will have done little to ease Norwich’s relegation worries with the Canaries having now claimed just one win in their last 10 Premier League games, keeping them 16th.
Monk replaced Wayne Routledge with Jefferson Montero at half-time and only the crossbar stopped Swansea from getting back into the game when Ki Sung-yueng’s header from a Gylfi Sigurdsson free-kick clattered against the woodwork. I think what he’s achieved is nothing short of remarkable. That’s the last thing on my mind. “It’s not acceptable”, said the former Swansea captain.
Riyad Mahrez’s hat-trick propelled Leicester to the top of the Premier League as they beat Swansea to increase the pressure on manager Garry Monk. “Maybe it’s the reason why we didn’t play with the energy that we need to win”.
“We obviously have good experience of coming up through the leagues and players who have played non-league and come through to this level, so our club will appreciate a story like that”.
In the late game, Chelsea hosted Bournemouth. Whoever starts the match upfront will have a tough task ahead of him, with Robert Huth and Wes Morgan in great shape in the middle of Leicester’s defense.
Vardy squandered his best chance to get on the scoresheet after 15 minutes when he went through on goal only to shoot straight at Swansea goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski.
Claudio Ranieri is hesitant to credit Leicester’s recent success to two players, highlighting the team’s collective effort.
For the visitors, they will be without Ritchie de Laet who suffered an ankle injury in training and is set to be out of action for the remainder of the month, and loanee Nathan Dyer will be ineligible to play due to the nature of his loan from parent club Swansea. The Jacks have been struggling on the flanks recently and Leicester could exploit that this weekend.
Bet365 make Swansea 13/8, with Leicester priced at 8/5. The Swans won three times at Liberty, while the Foxes won four matches at King Power Stadium.
The Foxes’ victory took them back to the top of the Premier League after Manchester City had lost 2-0 to Stoke earlier in the day.
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Leicester: Schmeichel 8; Simpson 7, Morgan 7, Huth 7, Fuchs 8; Mahrez MOTM 9 (Schlupp 89, 5), Kante 8, Drinkwater 7, Albrighton 7; Ulloa 7 (King 87, 5), Vardy 7.
