Leicester City vs Manchester City

“You have been a huge part of it and Leicester City heads into 2016 in better shape than it has ever been”. Leicester will be satisfied to end the season joint top of the league.

Leicester with 38 points are second in the table after Arsenal won their match against Bournemouth on Monday.

Manuel Pellegrini’s men – 4-1 winners over Sunderland on Boxing Day as Leicester were beaten 1-0 at Liverpool – had the better of the first half, but found Kasper Schmeichel in fine form as Kevin De Bruyne and Raheem Sterling were denied by the Dane.

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Manchester City once again lacked the power and energy to finish an away encounter as the visitors continued their winless away run.

“I know the kind of players we have in our dressing room”. We haven’t been playing that well away from home lately, but we’ve come to a team who are second in the table on merit – I think we played well overall and now we’ll move on to the next game. Premier League season surprise package Leicester City are seeking further impetus from a face-off with a highly-competitive side as they host fellow title contenders Manchester City in a potential cracker of a contest today.

That was never more evident when presented with a golden chance to put City ahead after the break – only to sky his near post effort from virtually under the bar.

“I remember the match there and against Arsenal the first half an hour they played very well. I think we showed a very good performance and after the Liverpool defeat we’ve played so well”, Ranieri told the club’s website (www.lcfc.com).

With the pace of Riyad Mahrez and Jamie Vardy in particular for the Foxes, a defence missing Kompany might struggle to handle the in-form pair as almost every other Premier League defence has already. They trail the top two teams by three points. “Everyone was tipping us to be down there at the start of the season, but we’re right in the mix and we deserve to be where we are”. This league is very insane – nobody wants to win the league. Tonight, the Foxes face their biggest threat to their survival, as they welcome Manchester City to King Power Stadium.

“We came for three points, had more possession, more attempts, did more things to win the game”, said Pellegrini.

“I am not happy, but not disappointed, because Leicester are a good team”.