Jamie Vardy: I’m injury-free and Leicester are getting stronger

MANCHESTER, England (AP) – It sums up the erratic nature of this season’s Premier League that a match between Chelsea and Manchester United has been relegated to a mere sideshow just as the title race is getting interesting. Under Ranieri they have transformed from relegation candidates into league leaders and, barring a dramatic slump in results, certainties for European football next season – probably in the Champions League. They have less games than other teams but I think the merit of the squad is very important.

Even a draw would be fine for Leicester, which visits another title challenger in Arsenal the following weekend before a benign run of games.

“It was a world-class goal from Jamie Vardy”.

“This season, what Jamie Vardy is doing is fantastic”, added Ranieri. For different reasons they put us on Sunday, maybe their interests are more important than Manchester City’s interests.

“It will be fascinating to see the league’s top scorers go up against a Leicester defence that has kept clean sheets in five of their last six games”. Before he didn’t train well and played without training.

Aguero scored his 13th league goal of the season in midweek and manager Manuel Pellegrini will be desperate for the Argentine to shake off a knock in time for the trip to Leicester. However, Wednesday’s new Thai owners are said to have pulled out at the last minute, much to the frustration of their supporters in the Tavern who see their side now 7 in the Championship.

Pellegrini will be without winger Jesus Navas, who he confirmed will face a minimum of three weeks on the sidelines due to a leg-muscle injury sustained during Tuesday’s 1-0 win at Sunderland.

Leicester striker Jamie Vardy has scored from outside the penalty area for the first time in the Premier League.

Vardy enjoyed title success with non-league outfit Fleetwood in 2011/12 before joining Leicester for £1m in that summer where he helped clinch the Championship title in 2014.

Few would have had this game down as a top-of-the-table encounter when the fixture list came out at the start of the season.

They rarely threatened and Christian Benteke had another anonymous outing from the bench to further cast doubt over his suitability in boss Jurgen Klopp’s team. I don’t know if it is good enough to win (the league), but I want to improve.