Ranieri and Leicester out to avoid relegation

Moyes’ former club Everton started life under Ronald Koeman by drawing with last season’s third place team Tottenham Hotspur at Goodison Park. It was a clever play on them winning despite 5,000-to-1 odds, but what he’s trying to say is that it will be more hard this time around.

The champions will head to Humberside in fine spirits as they look to repeat their heroics from last season.

“I can say thank you to my players, their effort was wonderful, but they must understand the team is stronger than individual players”.

Noticeably less vibrant without N’Golo Kante, the France midfielder who joined Chelsea in the close season, Leicester paid the price for poor finishing and defensive errors. New signings Luis Hernandez and Ahmed Musa both started. A header from Curtis Davies was just tipped away by Kasper Schmeichel but Diomande leapt into the air to hook the ball into the far corner of the net.

He attempted a bicycle kick but was marginally beaten to the ball by an equally acrobatic move from team-mate Adama Diomande. Minutes later Leicester’s Riyad Mahrez grabbed a penalty to level the score.

Musa, who played all 90 minutes at the KC Stadium, was one of the stand-out performers in the season-opener but his effort was unable to save Leicester from going down to an opening day defeat as Hull City claimed a 2-1 victory.

Phelan was named as caretaker boss following Steve Bruce’s decision to step down, but it remains unclear whether he will remain in charge on a permanent basis.

“We always had (togetherness)”, he said. “The players enjoyed themselves”, Phelan said.

Palace deserved a point but, despite having two-thirds of possession, they picked up where they left off last season when they struggled to turn dominance into goals.

Argentina forward Aguero drove in the spot-kick, but Sunderland equalised in the 71st minute. “They have to produce and the big players have to produce more often, so the spotlight is on them”. “In the second half we played as we usually play”.

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“I’m very pleased about the performance”, said the manager.

The Italian set himself the same benchmark this term, to much mirth, but an opening day 2-1 defeat at relegation favourites Hull have cast his comments in a new light.