Manchester City captain Vincent Kompany faces another month out with calf injury

City’s point took them into third spot on 36, one ahead of Tottenham.

“We’re the basement and the other teams are a villa with a swimming pool”.

It is the question that has been asked all season – how will Leicester City react to a defeat?

But a loss against Liverpool, followed by a goalless draw over the busy Christmas period, has finally seen the Foxes stumble.

However, it was 31-year-old Wes Morgan who optimised what the home side were all about, laying himself out for the team.

“If they need rest I give them the rest but while they are OK they will play”, he insisted. “We are a very good team, we proved that at the back end of last season, and this season too, and we are right up there in the mix”.

He played for 67 minutes in the stalemate with City, before being taken off as Claudio Ranieri tried to win the game by bringing on attacker Leonardo Ulloa.

Ultimately neither side could find a way through, despite having shared 74 top-flight goals between them this season, and Pellegrini’s charges remain without a win on the road in the Premier League since September. The Citizens have been on fine at home but continue to struggle in away games for reasons unknown to many.

“Vincent has an injury, a second degree tear of the calf”. It’s been an fantastic run to watch, but the last two matches have given us the first hints that Leicester may be finally cooling off. The Foxes have just a point from their last two matches after getting 37 from their first 17, and there’s some concern now that they haven’t scored in consecutive matches.

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But that doesn’t mean things didn’t get tighter at the top since Arsenal are the provisional leaders after defeating Bournemouth 2-0 on Monday.

As for Pellegrini, there just isn’t any excuses as to why Manchester City aren’t running away with the league. With only three points between themselves and the top of the table, Man City’s players must know that a little improvement can make a major difference in 2016.

While the match fell short of the quality you might expect from a top-of-the-table clash, it still had its talking points and Aguero felt he should have had a penalty when Gokhan Inler barged into him, but referee Craig Pawson was unmoved.

Poor defending by the visiting defence saw Vardy handed a good chance when he was through on goal, but he slotted past Hart and over the crossbar – a rare miss by the former non-League player.

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