Mahrez played a pivotal role in Leicester surprising everyone and winning the league title last season, and Claudio Ranieri has been desperate to hold on to the Algerian.
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Although the 29-year-old drew a blank in last week’s 2-1 defeat at promoted Hull, his manager reckons his first goal of the Foxes ‘ title defence is just around the corner.
There was time for one last scare in the Arsenal box as Mahrez left Koscielny on the deck before taking aim, but Cech parried to extend his side’s unbeaten run against Leicester to 22 games.
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has revealed to the press that his superstars, ‘Mesut Ozil, Olivier Giroud and Laurent Koscienly’ will be part of the first team that will face Leicester City.
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“If you consider the number of goals and assists he had, he had the best combination in the league”. Guardiola said his players needed to “take more risks” in possession and it is likely to be a while before they feel fully comfortable with the team’s new shape. We tried to win but sometimes it’s impossible.
Giroud, Koscielny and Ozil were three of the players Arsenal had to do without against Jurgen Klopp’s side after they were given extended breaks following their efforts for France and Germany at Euro 2016.
In a further blow to Leicester, new signing Nampalys Mendy went off injured early in the second half after getting his studs caught in the turf and appearing to twist his foot. “The clubs always pay for the fact that the players played in these tournaments”, he said. I’ve achieved good things with this club.
“We spoke together last season and in pre-season and he told me he wanted to stay”.
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Mahrez would have been a fantastic signing for Arsenal, as he had a fantastic year last season en route to the PFA Player of the Year award.
