Ranieri offers players pizza in return for a clean sheet

The win over Villa was the third time in consecutive games City have gone behind only to mount a spirited comeback to maintain their unbeaten start to the season.

During a nine-club career, Phillips achieved promotion to the Premier League on five occasions, with Sunderland, West Bromwich Albion, Birmingham City, Crystal Palace and Leicester City.

In order to motivate his side-and to enforce lazy Italian stereotypes-the Tinkerman has vowed to buy everyone on his team a pizza if they manage to go a game without conceding.

“But of course my knowledge is important”.

“It is also important to say: ‘Hey, be careful. Beware, because it’s a difficult match on Saturday for us”, Ranieri said.

Ranieri added: “When you want to build something, it’s about the club”.

Stoke have yet to win this season but Ranieri warned Leicester faced another tough afternoon.

Leicester boss Claudio Ranieri has praised Riyad Mahrez for being a team player but stopped short of saying he is the best player in the Premier League at the moment.

But goals from Ritchie De Laet, whose effort was given with the aid of goal-line technology, Jamie Vardy and substitute Nathan Dyer, who bravely headed a 89th-minute winner on his debut, saw Leicester snatch three points and climb up to second place in the table. The future you don’t know.

“Sooner or later they will start to play, but I hope after Saturday”.

“We must concentrate and keep our feet on the ground”. We have to be very focused, concentrated and motivated’.

They [Stoke] haven’t won yet but they’re a very good team with good quality players and a good manager.

Dyer was severely dazed after taking a serious hit from Brad Guzan while scoring his header against Villa, but is fit to play at the Britannia Stadium.