Gestede helps Aston Villa deny Leicester City win in PL

“We achieved 39 in the first half of the season, and we want to improve”, Ranieri said.

Midfielder Dan Gosling gave the hosts the lead after 10 minutes with a close-range header from Marc Pugh’s cross and Charlie Daniels doubled the advantage with a penalty nine minutes into the second half.

There have been no league titles, just a few near misses, most notably the Champions League semi-final defeat with Chelsea in 2004, when his team threw away a strong second-leg position against Monaco due largely to Ranieri’s inexplicable tactical changes when his “Tinkerman” nickname became set in stone for ever.

Leicester City star Riyad Mahrez insists he is not thinking about reports that suggest he will leave the club in the near future. Gana appears to finally be finding his feet in the Premier League on a more consistent basis.

Leicester ended up drawing both those games, and manager Claudio Ranieri said the Algeria global would not be taking spot-kicks until further notice.

Although Leicester went top, a point ahead of Manchester City and Arsenal, the London club can return to the summit on Monday by drawing at Stoke.

He said: “This is a young team and because last season was about fighting for survival they know the bitter taste of fighting at the bottom”.

The defender was lucky to only be booked but was bailed out when Bunn dived to his right to save Mahrez’s poor spot-kick – the winger’s second successive penalty miss.

Substitute Nikica Jelavic hit back for West Ham in the 49th minute after intercepting a back-pass from Chancel Mbemba, but Newcastle held on to escape the relegation zone at the expense of Shelvey’s old club Swansea.

Mahrez scored four Premier League penalties in a row previously this season but missed his attempt in the losing Capital One Cup shootout against Hull.

After snatching a late draw in tough conditions at National League side Eastleigh, Championship strugglers Bolton Wanderers will hope more familiar surroundings will be enough to give them the edge over the Hampshire outfit. In the end we could have nicked a point when we had a great chance to equalise.

James Ward-Prowse scored a fine free-kick prior to tucking home a penalty for his first goals of the season, with Dusan Tadic confirming the win with a late third.

Amid suspicions of handball, Gestede got the better of Robert Huth – City’s matchwinner at Tottenham Hotspur in midweek but an unconvincing defensive presence here – and crashed home 15 minutes from time. “I’ll speak with him and then I’ll choose”. “I know it is very hard and ambitious but why not?” That being said they will feel confident for once going into this match and having a long run in the cup will be detrimental for the team going forward.