• ‘If we design something special,it’s a miracle, if not, and it’s a miracle all the same’
• Manager alive to to support table-toppers calm after 3-2 win over EvertonFive of the last six Christmas Day leaders have won the Premier League title but Claudio Ranieri will consider the opportunity of six from seven only if Leicester City retain their current pre-eminent position until April. The Scrooge act was undermined,however, by the Italians belief in the miracle of Christmas and the champion pedigree of players he has moulded into the most unlikely, or welcome,of frontrunners.
Pre-match talk centred on Leicester’s ability to sustain their remarkable momentum when shorn of key players at tough absent venues. It will continue, with Anfield to visit on Boxing Day, and despite this season’s first festive trip to Merseyside yielding a convincing,belligerent response and an 11th win in 17 league games.
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Source: theguardian.com