Leicester into quarter-finals after victory over Sevilla

The Foxes booked their place in the last eight of Europe’s premier club competition with a 3-2 aggregate success over Sevilla during the week, and they will now face Atletico Madrid in the quarter-finals.

“For me there is no free game in football, you have to try to win every game you go in to and show that determination and competitiveness and we need to show that in abundance tomorrow night”. “We have to start focusing on Sunday’s game because it’s going to be like a final for us”. “We’re newcomers in the Champions League, we didn’t expect to get this far and here we are”.

West Ham, meanwhile, are determined to put an end to a four-match winless streak, with back-t0-back defeats to Chelsea and Bournemouth. We might just be the surprise team.

Barcelona, Real Madrid and Bayern Munich are among the other heavyweights already through to the quarter-finals but veteran Italy keeper Buffon is more anxious about Leicester.

Asked if there was a team he was hoping to come up against, he smiled and replied simply, “No”.

He followed up a sensational showing in the first leg against Sevilla with another standout performance on Tuesday. Shakespeare even said that playing Europe’s top teams will suit Leicester, because of its counter-attacking approach.

When performance levels dipped and Ranieri demanded more, they turned against him, added Souness, warning it could happen again: “Those players that are rejoicing out there think they’re back, that they’re big players”, he told Irish TV.

“The Hammers have problems in their defence and midfield and last season’s stars Jamie Vardy and Riyad Mahrez could flourish”.

Leicester will feed off the momentum from their dramatic Champions League victory over Sevilla as they return to the battle for Premier League survival at West Ham on Saturday.

Facing the likes of Real Madrid, Barcelona and Bayern Munich will hold no fear for Leicester City, said Danny Simpson following their Champions League triumph over Sevilla.

But Schmeichel, who saved a penalty in the first leg, denied N’Zonzi’s tame effort.

Sevilla had also squandered a penalty in the first leg, Schmeichel thwarting Joaquin Correa, and Sampaoli concurred when it was suggested his side had a “psychological problem” with spot-kicks.

Two years ago to the day, Leicester was in last place in the Premier League after a dour 0-0 home draw with Hull.

With a slender 1-0 lead, having lost 2-1 in Spain, it was enough to send the Foxes through to the quarter-finals as it stood at half-time.

“The team is too anxious when it can’t create scoring chances, and well-organized opponents can take advantage of that”, he said. “In terms of desire, we can play a bit as well and this epitomises what we’re about”.

“Games can turn on little things”. The manager has a go at some of them, maybe points that out to them.

“The fault lies at the feet of the manager”.

“I still don’t understand it”, he said.