Leicester midfielder Demarai Gray is staying positive despite Watford defeat

“I just think a lot of the chances I was getting last year have not been there this year”, Vardy said.

Watford defender Sebastian Prodl, returning after missing the 6-1 loss at Liverpool prior to the global break, said on watfordfc.com: “We didn’t fall apart when we got the penalty”.

Coach of the side Claudio Ranieri who gave the charge sounded more like a medical doctor when he submitted that the only medicine available for the defending champions is to work harder and become a more compact team.

“His season is okay, because in the Champions League he is playing well and also he is trying to do his best in the Premier League”. It’s about losing the games but I’m confident because we have a very good squad.

Claudio Ranieri’s side host Belgium club Bruges on Tuesday needing only a draw to guarantee progression into the Champions League knockout rounds, having picked up 10 points from their opening four Group G games without conceding a goal. “It’s enjoyment. I don’t see the difference”.

He said: “The way we started it showed the two weeks of frustration”.

Jamie Vardy and Riyad Mahrez’s unlikely partnership was the toast of England last season as they led Leicester to the most improbable title victory.

It prompted Ranieri to declare he was “a new Vardy” and although he did not score in Saturday’s 2-1 defeat at Watford, he did win the penalty from which Riyad Mahrez scored Leicester’s goal. It doesn’t matter that it was the champions but what pleases me is the performance and we played how I always want to play.

Leicester fought back in search of an equalising goal, enjoying the lion’s share of possession in the closing stages of the match, but the home side held out for all three points to claim their first victory against the Foxes in the Premier League.

Troy Deeney helped it on with a canny header and Capoue arrived to volley it into the net from 16 yards. Of course, we lost the match but the spirit is still high.

“Finally he breaks the ice”, the Foxes boss said.

Watford notched up their fourth home game without defeat in a row for the first time in the Premier League in a decade. Islam [Slimani] scores goals and we defend very well.

“This was a football miracle last season, it is very hard to repeat the same this year and I am sure Claudio (Ranieri) knows this as well”.

He added: “I was happy [to be nominated] but I don’t think too much about that”.