So much is made of Claudio Ranieri’s team never having been in this position before but this is not a team that looks as whether it is going to crackIt was at this exact stage final season,with nine matches to proceed, that Leicester City mounted their mighty escape. Almost 12 months on and Claudio Ranieri’s team took to the field against Newcastle United hoping for a similar points haul over the final nine fixtures but with a very different target in mind. Winning the title, and rather than staying up,is the aim and this felt like another significant step towards that improbable dream.
Leicester may not need anything like the 22 points Nigel Pearsons side earned in that remarkable finish to final season when avoiding relegation to the Championship was greeted with such a sense of achievement. So much has changed in that respect, with the league table virtually turned upside down since; yet a glance through the squad also reveals that so much remains the same at the club.
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Source: theguardian.com