They may be labouring domestically with just four points from four games but Leicester returned to form in the Champions League with a 3-0 thrashing of Brugge.
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Ranieri, who led City to a stunning Premier League title triumph in his first season in charge last term, will not accept any excuses. I want to see how my players respond. “It’s massive for me and my family because it will live with me forever”, Albrighton told LCFC TV.
There will be tougher matches to come for Leicester – their next fixture is a home tie against Group G favourites Porto on 27 September – but the romp against Brugge will have given the Foxes the self-belief that they’re good enough for the Champions League.
‘We played well in Brugge in our first Champions League match.
Claudio Ranieri has warned he will go dilly ding, dilly dong again if his players are still basking in the Champions League’s afterglow instead of concentrating on visitors Burnley.
The Premier League defending champions now sit 16 on the log after four rounds of matches, a place above Burnley, though both teams have same number of points. “That gives us confidence and now we have to stay calm and put our minds on the next match on Saturday”. Burnley maybe think we can be exhausted in the last 15 minutes.
“We have to find different ways to win games now too”. We know very well that it will be a battle.
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There will be more troublesome match than this, however the premier league champions demonstrated a change and resistance that proposes potential to get wealth more ground at the most imperative motivation behind the line level of European club football. Ranieri said. “He took the responsibility”. Papy Mendy needs an more time. Maybe he is very exhausted of listening to dilly-ding, dilly-dong and prefers the Champions League music! No, we are focused on the Premier League. “We played well in Bruges”. I can not teach him that, but he has to know that behind there is a team that’s going to help him, if he’s going to help, and that is what I want to convince him. After losing in the 1st round of the Hull City 2: 1, and in an extreme tour Liverpool 4: 1, in this interval differed draw with Arsenal 0: 0 and won against Swansea 2: 1.
