Wenger: Mahrez Is Dominating The EPL

‘They could win the league and they could still be in a relegation fight next year. “It’s China’s idea”, Ranieri suggested. “I think, once the players are on the pitch, they are focused on the job”.

Arsene Wenger admits that Leicester will come to the Emirates on Sunday without much pressure, despite the fact they find themselves in unfamiliar territory at the top of the table.

“But we’re Arsenal, we like to play the way that we do, which is dominate the ball while trying to express ourselves, trying to break them down that way”.

“Gabriel adapted slowly to the Premier League but today I think he has adapted”, Wenger said. “Nobody wake us up please”.

Leicester City are not just playing for their fans anymore, they are playing for all of us and if they win the league they will make nearly every football fan in the world happy.

Why do you think Ranieri is doing so well at Leicester?

For the Gunners, Giroud (above) may have temporarily lost his scoring touch and with Alexis Sanchez – who struck a hat-trick in the big win at Leicester – still striving for match sharpness after an injury lay-off over Christmas and New Year, the burden of goals could instead fall on Theo Walcott.

“The pressure is for the other teams, not us”, the Italian, whose club have never finished higher than second in the English top flight, told his pre-match press conference.

“We gave him one or two days recovery after the under-21 game, but now he is back in full training”.

Even those comparisons might not do justice to the performance Leicester City has produced in 2015-16. But obviously I wouldn’t have been able to be in those positions without my team-mates. As I mentioned at the beginning of this blog, Arsenal defeated Leicester 5-2 earlier in the season. Maybe because they are thinking about the European Cup [Champions League]. “Those who play in the other competitions spend a lot of energy and travel a lot, and that’s not easy. And I hope that will continue”. Diego Costa scored his ninth league goal for the West Londoners in the 1 – 1 stalemate. “I remember what I want to remember”.

Looking at some of Chelsea’s fixtures in the final months of the season, they have matches against Southampton, Liverpool, West Ham, Manchester City, Tottenham and a season finale hosting Cinderella story Leicester City.