REUTERS – Leicester City 3 Stoke City 0 Leicester’s adventures in Premier League wonderland continued on Saturday as Jamie Vardy rediscovered his goalscoring touch in a deserved victory over Stoke that thrust them to the top of the table. Vardy, unstoppable earlier in the season, had gone six league games without a goal but struck […]
REUTERS – Manchester City defender Nicolas Otamendi said he was confident his team will not be caught out again by West Ham United as they bid to for a season defining victory at Upton Park on Saturday. Sixth-placed West Ham handed City their first defeat of the Premier League campaign in September when the Londoners […]
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Premier League Leicester City have agreed to buy Ghana midfielder Daniel Amartey from FC Copenhagen, the Danish club said on Monday. The 21-year-old Amartey played 63 times for Copenhagen after joining from Swedish side Djurgarden in 2014, his performances prompting a bid from surprise packages Leicester who are second in England’s top-flight […]
REUTERS – Leicester City winger Riyad Mahrez must learn to deal with being a marked man, his manager Claudio Ranieri said after Saturday’s disappointing 1-1 Premier League draw with bottom side Aston Villa. Mahrez has taken the league by storm this season, scoring 13 goals and contributing seven assists in 20 league starts. However, the […]
LONDON (Reuters) – Leicester City manager Claudio Ranieri has set his surprise Premier League leaders the target of reaching 79 points this season, having spent most of the campaign saying their goal was merely to avoid relegation. Leicester’s unlikely surge to the summit has forced the Italian coach to revise expectations having previously stuck to […]
Leicester City missed out on the chance to assert themselves at the top of the Barclays Premier League as they were held to a 1-1 draw by a spirited Aston Villa. Here are 5 talking points from the game: 1. Strikers willing to run on to loose balls It has been a key feature of Leicester City’s play […]