Bournemouth will be tougher than Man City – Ranieri

Manchester City will travel to Watford on Saturday while Leicester will host Bournemouth, who has one defeat in last seven games.

Ranieri switched his formation from 4-4-2 to 4-5-1 to contain the visitors but still ended up chasing victory in a tight game.

Ranieri, 64, said: “It is unbelievable what we are doing, great”.

Leicester are not committed to any targets yet but Morgan wants the players to stay positive over the second half of the season.

He said: “We’ll try to do the same – as we’ve achieved 39 points then we’d like to achieve 40 points – one point more”.

He added: “I’m sure it’s (the Club’s perceptions) going to remain the same, which is taking each game at a time to see how far we can really get. We’ve had two tough games in three days and three wins out of three now over a tough Christmas period so we couldn’t be happier, we go into the New Year buzzing and hopefully we’ll continue it at Everton next week”. “It’s not easy for us but we want to fight with everybody”, he said.

‘We are starting now to build our team, ‘ Ranieri told BT Sport after Tuesday’s game. “The draw is right”.

Vardy celebrates with Mahrez after scoring against Chelsea.

But Ranieri’s team silenced their critics with another superb performance as they more than held their own against City, and the coach said he was pleased with how they bounced back. It will be a hard match.

Leicester City manager Claudio Ranieri has underscored the unpredictable nature of the Premier League this season, stating that it seemed as if “nobody wants to win the league”. The result also meant City finished the year in third.

When comparing their position to the wages paid out to players, the Foxes have paid just over £700,000 for every point they’ve secured in the Premier League this season. The table takes into account the total amount of wages the squad earns and is divided by the number of points they have amassed after the end of the 19th game week.

Vincent Kompany is set for another month on the sidelines after Manchester City boss Manuel Pellegrini confirmed the defender had suffered a second degree tear in his calf.

“We will see how long he will be out, but I don’t think it will be less than three to four weeks”. But without him, we must continue to defend as did tonight.

In the beginning of 2015, no one would have thought that Leicester City could challenge the biggest clubs in England for the Premier League title.