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Leicester City vs Manchester City
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It is put with a kind of glee, as if the Premier League can only be taken seriously when it returns to its “big four” normality, and when the final whistle went at Anfield on Boxing Day, perhaps those inquisitors could hear the gas escaping from the balloon.
Neither Jamie Vardy nor Riyad Mahrez, the two men most responsible for propelling the club to the summit of the Premier League, finished the 1-0 defeat at Liverpool. Vardy was unwell and Mahrez was exhausted.
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Ranieri: It is not possible for Leicester to win every game
The greatest enemies Leicester will face in the title run-in is weariness and nerves. Their manager, Claudio Ranieri, said they should “clear our minds and restart” before facing Manchester City tonight, adding they had been “nervous and anxious” on Boxing Day. “It is important that we recover our energy and show our football,” said the Italian.
Tonight, Leicester may be without not just Vardy, who is suffering from what Ranieri called “a fever”, but men like Jeffrey Schlupp and Danny Drinkwater, who have gathered fewer headlines this season but whose contribution to the team’s position has been a solid one.
Every fairy tale has a twist and it would be wishful thinking that Leicester would not suffer a blip.
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