Claudio Ranieri: I will retire when I lose my passion for football

“We agree as long as he is safe, then for us it is OK”.

“Most teams in that league set up relatively the same, it is not too dissimilar, formations might change a bit but how they operate isn’t”. With all opponents, I always say the name doesn’t matter. We’ve competed well and we’ve shown that we’ve got goals in the team.

Leicester City boss Claudio Ranieri has told his young Norwich counterpart Alex Neil to “do it your way”. Sometimes we wanted to go on the counter attack but they stopped us very well.

Belgian worldwide midfielder Vadis Ojidja-Ofoe has returned to Norwich from a spell at Rotherham, while 21-year-old forward Jamar Loza has joined Sky Bet League Two side Stevenage on a one-month emergency loan.

While he wants to see a tighter defence from his side – Leicester have conceded 14 goals in their opening seven matches – the former Chelsea boss admits he wouldl be happy to edge another high-scoring encounter.

“Vardy is very good“.

“I have no advice for him because you have to live the experience”. No clean sheets for either side suggests that there will be goals in what could be an entertaining fixture. Either a fantastic match, 3-3, or perhaps the first clean sheet for both teams.

“For how well we have played, we are probably three points short of where we should be, but we are comfortable at this level”. Their last game was a 2-2 tie versus contending squad West Ham United at the Boleyn Ground last Saturday.

‘I was waiting for this first defeat. Although Norwich have conceded a fair amount of goals so far, Martin’s defensive performances have been massively encouraging for the Norwich fans. For me, this is important.

Despite their vulnerabilities at the back, it was the first loss of a superb start to the season for Leicester and Ranieri, who has proved many of his critics wrong after being the surprise choice to replace the sacked Nigel Pearson at the start of the summer. It will be a good, tough match because the spirit will be high.

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