Chelsea qualified for the knock-out stage of the Champions League after beating Porto at Stamford Bridge on Wednesday.
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Claudio Ranieri has backed Chelsea to put their troubles behind them and make the top four of the Premier League. “It is the same players and coach that we had a year ago”. “That’s the beauty, it’s fantastic”, said the Portuguese.
“It’s not easy any more for the top clubs to win three or four in a row”, he said.
A spokesman for Walkers said: “We are excited to announce that we have created limited edition packs of “Vardy Salted” crisps to celebrate Jamie Vardy’s record breaking goals in 11 straight games and following incredible social media public demand”.
“We try to keep a clean sheet but, if we can’t, then we know we will go up the other end and score”.
Mourinho has a fully-fit squad to choose from, while Matty James and Ritchie De Laet (ankle) are Leicester’s only absentees, the former having made his return from a cruciate ligament injury in last week’s Under-21s defeat to Villarreal.
Leicester Wes Morgan has skippered the Foxes to the top of the table.
“[The pressure] is on Chelsea a little bit”.
“Everyone is delighted for him here at Leicester”, Morgan told the club’s official website.
Such has been the remarkable transformation that Leicester, who spent 140 days at rock bottom last season, could justifiably be regarded as favorites to beat a struggling Chelsea side and retain their lead.
“Before we lost the last three points against Bournemouth, I was convinced of a great December for us, to go for fourth”.
“Everyone expects them to win every game but we’re full of confidence and we should be looking to get a win”.
The 52-year-old also revealed the names of the players he thinks have underperformed this season. “It’s worked so far this season, the boys know their jobs and their roles and we just want to continue our run”.
Leicester were fighting relegation for the entirety of last season and survived as Chelsea challenged for and ultimately won the title.
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On Monday, the Premier League champions face the Premier League leaders in game week 16 of 2015/16 Premier League season. For now it is bad luck but when they start to win they will arrive.
