Manchester City, Watford gear up for face-off

We hope that this must be a moment of his career. “I think we also played very well against Leicester. Maybe we have to finish a little bit more but I think we are in the correct way”.

“But without him, we must continue to defend as we did (at Leicester)”.

“But it’s hard for me to answer these questions because I am not a doctor”.

“In the second half of the season we will continue improving”.

“We are in a strong position in the Premier League so hopefully 2016 will be better”.

City began December in first place, ahead of Leicester City on goal difference, but picked up just seven points from their next five games to slip to third place. Unlikely as it would seem, a Spurs title win wouldn’t go down too badly with the neutrals, given the way Mauricio Pochettino has moulded the side with youngsters leading the way. “It doesn’t matter who it is”.

The visitors went on to dominate play for most of the second half until the home side mounted a surge with 20 minutes left.

Last season’s strugglers have enjoyed a remarkable season so far, as with 11 wins and just two defeats from 19 games, the Foxes are joint-top of the Premier League alongside Arsenal.

He is set to start in Saturday’s game against Bournemouth with Leicester second in the Barclays Premier League, but Ranieri will give the 28-year-old a breather soon.

“I don’t think it is a good idea to divide up the games into away and home”.

“You have to see every game why we didn’t win”, Pellegrini said.

“The first time we played against Manchester City they were fantastic, they hadn’t conceded any goals, they were really positive”. It’s not easy but we want to fight everybody.

“As always, I said that we are not going to completely rule anything out, but we are not really thinking of any special players to bring in”.

Quique Sanchez Flores, Watford: “In the dressing room it is no surprise to us when we win consecutive matches so that shows the mentality of the team changes a lot”. “We’re the basement and the other teams are a villa with a swimming pool”. Always the best position is to be top of the table and in a normal season the amount of points we have would not be enough.

Coming out at the very top is Burton Albion, who picked up 99 points from their 46 games in a year which saw them secure promotion to League One.