Claudio Ranieri: From ‘Tinkerman’ to ‘Comeback King’ as Leicester remain unbeaten

Schmeichel said previous manager Nigel Pearson deserves credit for fostering that spirit, but added that Ranieri has carried on his good work.

Leicester can make it 10 Premier League games unbeaten if they avoid defeat to Arsenal at the weekend, which would match their best ever top-flight record set in 1976.

“I will change a lot of players”.

“All the players are in good condition and I am a very lucky man because I can choose between 24 and 25 players in good condition”, he told Sky Sports News.

And Leicester boss Ranieri, who managed Monaco between 2012 and 2014 and signed Martial for the principality outfit in 2013, is pleased the striker has made a bright start to his career in England.

“We’ve all got to be working together as one and once that happens, things will start going our way”.

“He is fast and when he shoots at goal, between 80 to 90 per cent of the time he hits the target”.

“He is ambitious but also a very quiet boy”. For him it’s important now to understand and gain experience for his future’.

“We always say before we go out that this is about us, about how we approach the game and how much we want it”.

‘But we concentrated, showed some very good football and won the match.

“The likes of Jamie Vardy and Shinji Okazaki epitomise what we are all about”.

“We can score all types of goals”.

“Obviously the more we go unbeaten we can break and extend that record”.

West Ham, too, may be tempted to rotate their squad for the trip to King Power Stadium, with Bilic’s primary priority likely to be the upcoming home clash against Norwich City in the Premier League but backing goals may well provide a path to profit for punters ahead of Tuesday’s tussle.