Leicester boss Claudio Ranieri urges Foxes to enjoy themselves
The Foxes star has been one of the highlights of the Premier League this season, leading the goalscoring charts with 15 efforts.
Leicester City manager Ranieri gets a dose of their own medicine as they go down 1-0 to Liverpool on Boxing Day.
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Schmeichel denied De Bruyne and Sterling, among others, in an impressive display between the sticks but felt his side could have taken all three points.
In addition to Jamie Vardy, Leicester City also has Riyah Mahrez, who has scored 13 goals throughout the season for the Foxes.
Leicester were tipped for relegation in August but they have upset the odds to be surprise title contenders at the half-way point after 19 games. Sadly, City has been bitten badly by the injury bug, as Pablo Zabaleta and Fernando are not yet ready to play.
Leicester manager Claudio Ranieri says the unpredictability of this season’s Premier League makes it seem as if “nobody wants to win the league”.
“We have a season and it’s important to have the amount of points you need to win the title”.
“He had a small problem so I think it was better not to take any risk and we were winning 3-0 at half-time, so I think it was better for him to rest”. He enjoys his football and he doesn’t think too much about it – he is a very instinctive player.
Pellegrini was not so disappointed with the result, saying as the premiership race gets tighter that “if you can not win, it’s important not to lose”. “That is it. We have to achieve three points and we have plenty of time”. We returned to our normal performance – playing attractive football, scoring goals.
‘We are starting now to build our team, ‘ Ranieri told BT Sport after Tuesday’s game.
“Yes it’s a positive because we were a very consistent and solid team today”.
Jamie Vardy wasted Leicester’s best chance late in the first half while Manchester City, who have not won away in the league since mid-September, went close through Raheem Sterling and Nicolas Otamendi.
Leicester City winger Marc Albrighton believes his team-mates will respond in the right manner against Manchester City on Tuesday.
Manchester City on the other hand aren’t that far off the top of the table themselves, now sitting in fourth with a game in hand on most of the competition.
Having said that, the stalemate at The King Power Stadium has done nothing to improve the look of City’s long-term away form.