If he doesn’t train very well it’s important he keeps going to play. I want to see our mentality.
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“The Premier League is very tough”.
Albrighton reflected: “I hope they have got what it takes and have the characters in the squad”.
It must be noted, though, that Fuchs’s confidence can’t be too high as if you look closely you’ll see that the barriers were up in the lane he was bowling down.
Carlos Sanchez (hamstring), Gabriel Agbonlahor (back) and Jack Grealish (tonsillitis) have returned to training.
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“We maintained our calm, our shape, slowly getting better and (on the) counter-attack we created two great chances to score a goal, but Lloris made a fantastic save”.
Substitute Joe Allen scored a 90th minute equalizer as the Gunners lost its outright lead at the top of the table, with Leicester keeping up its surprising title challenge with a 1-0 win at Tottenham.
“It’s easy to say “yes, Leicester can fight for the title” but of course I think they don’t believe”, said the 64-year-old, who has been nominated for December’s Manager of the Month award.
Ranieri had previously said that if his team were top after the 15th of January then they could start thinking of the title; well they are and the time to start thinking about it has definitely come.
They share top spot with Arsenal who place first on goal difference alone after 21 rounds of fixtures.
They are taking inspiration from the Foxes beating the odds last season to go from bottom at Christmas to safety with seven wins from their last nine matches.
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger says he is frustrated about the result but not disappointed by the performance. I know the next match may be tougher than Tottenham.
However they have taken all the points in three of their last four home meetings.
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“Villa are a good team and I remember the first game and how hard it was to beat them (Leicester won 3-2 after being 2-0 down)”.
