Arsene Wenger Feels Pressure Before Leicester Clash But Relishes Challenge

The top four sides in the Premier League feature on a double-header super Sunday with unlikely leaders Leicester travelling to third-placed Arsenal and Tottenham, in second, heading to fourth-placed Manchester City.

But Arsenal’s free-flowing, attacking football has been somewhat absent as of late and Wenger had seen his side go nearly five and a half hours without a league goal before their 88-second double salvo in the 2-0 win at Bournemouth a week ago.

The 66-year-old Frenchman did not deny that the pressure was on his side, and added that it presents his side with an opportunity to showcase their mental strength.

“You want everybody there when the game starts”, Wenger was quoted as saying by the Guardian on Friday. “He’s a good player but only as a team can we stop him”.

“The story is usually that they buy French players, but they don’t get the right ones, apart from Ginola or Sissoko”. This is the kind of game we want – the kind of game we relish.

Leicester are 15/8 favourites with Sky Bet to win the title, ahead of Arsenal at 2/1, but Ramsey says the Gunners take no notice of the odds. “Now some people are thinking, “Maybe Leicester can win”.

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Claudio Ranieri’s men face a crunch clash with Barclays Premier League title rivals Arsenal on Sunday, when Vardy, like so many times this season, is set to play a key role.

Figures like those leave Ranieri confident all the pressure remains on the teams immediately behind his trying to close the gap: “We work so hard to achieve this level, we want to stay there, it’s no pressure for us”, he said.

Arsene Wenger is happy with Arsenal’s hectic fixture schedule and hopes too much time to think in between games could be the downfall of leaders Leicester.

He said: “I’m already off to Vegas on holiday soon so if Leicester do become champions I will have plenty of spending money”. In a football world that is possible, I know, but I do not think that.

If Leicester have dropped points, they have answered their critics with thunderous results in the very next match. “China has started to buy young, fantastic players, And I think in three or five years all the movement will be in China”.

Their battle has been backed by Arsenal supporters’ group REDaction – who have called on home fans to support Leicester’ protest by applauding them into the ground – and comes against a growing discontent from Premier League supporters against high ticket prices.