He said: “There are Arsenal, Tottenham and [Manchester] City in the race to fight for the title and there is little Leicester to fight against them”.
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The Mirror call Ranieri’s words turn on the title heat. Just two points separate Leicester from Tottenham with Arsenal falling to five points behind. They play through the pitch quickly, they get the balls wide and they get bodies in the box.
Diego Costa scored from a seemingly offside position for what proved the clinching goal for Chelsea, which is in the top half of the standings for the first time since week one of the season – a testament to the turnaround sparked by Hiddink.
The rumour in the Times is that Antonio Conte’s already drawn up a transfer list for Chelsea, with speculation looming that the Italian will soon be announced as Chelsea’s permanent manager. When they defend and when they attack, know what they want.
He said: “We have to make sure we finish strong to actually achieve something rather than say, “We had a good three quarters of the season and it fizzled out”.
“Maybe I watch Watford more than the others”. For me, they [Leicester] are on the top and they have the pressure too like all the teams are below. The next match is at West Bromwich, they won 3-2 [against Crystal Palace] and after 30 minutes it was 3-0. “Every match is important for us to understand what we can do in our life”.
That woke up the home side, and they piled on the pressure, with Japanese midfielder Shinji Okazaki, Riyad Mahrez and Marc Albrighton all having two opportunities each, while star striker Jamie Vardy had a point-black header go straight at West Brom goalkeeper Ben Foster. Leicester should have been level nearly immediately when Huth rose to head a set-piece back across goal, only for Okazaki to flick a shot over the crossbar when he ought to have tested Foster. They never stop. We’ve done brilliant. Arguably the biggest turning point of the game is this: 10 out of the last 12 Premier League winners on top by March 1 end up winning the title.
“We played much better than against Norwich”.
West Brom held on though, with Leicester left to rue missed chances as their unlikely title bid took a knock.
I’ve been on the Leicester City express all season and it’s been very financially rewarding. The Leicester leader made the comments with the agenda of keeping his team loosed and relaxed down the stretch.
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“They’re fantastic – their effort, their energy”.
