Leicester City started the 2015 – 16 Premier League campaign with the hope of staying in the English top flight by the end of the season. I think he will last for as long as he can and for as long as he’s happy.
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Leicester manager Claudio Ranieri has stopped Arsene Wenger in the big games before. “My mind goes over seven days and the next game against Arsenal, a tough match with fantastic players”. Swansea, third lowest scorers in the division, will find it hard to win and Southampton rate the banker of those three away teams.
“Because of the way the Foxes play on the break, I think this will be one of the easiest games they have between now and the end of the season – because Arsenal will come on to them”, insisted Lawrenson.
Alexis Sanchez has scored four goals in his three Barclays Premier League games against Leicester City. “But a lot of players can cope with that”. “That’s a little advantage, but we have to concentrate”.
Kasper Schmeichel articulated the importance of this following Sunday’s win, when he told the club’s official site: “We are confident in every game we play and it has been the same mentality all season, one game at a time”. We’re just enjoying the ride.
This year, Manchester United and Chelsea will invest significantly to get their own squads up to scratch, whilst Manchester City enter a new dawn under Pep Guardiola and Liverpool will get shaken-up by Jurgen Klopp. Nobody expected them to even finish in the top half at the beginning of the season and nobody would blame them if they still don’t win it from here.
A trip to North London and Arsenal is doing nothing to damage spirits.
Not many would have expected to find Mauricio Pochettino’s Tottenham among the genuine title contenders at this point of the season. That puts them in a strong position – for now, all the pressure is on their title rivals as they try to close the gap on the surprise leaders. The ex-Tottenham player returned to White Hart Lane to stop the high flying Spurs for a brilliant 60 minutes.
It’s hard to argue the selections of either N’golo Kante and Riyad Mahrez given their performances this season, nor Mesut Ozil, who is on the verge of setting a Premier League record for assists. They will face Norwich City and West Brom after that.
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Arsenal is now at the no. 3 spot in the league table, tied on points with Tottenham Hotspur but with a lesser goal differential of +17 as compared to the Spurs +26.
