Claudio Ranieri’s Leicester lead the way but every step Spurs catch in fascinating title race raises the scrutiny on the Arsenal manager to fearsome levelsAs Claudio Ranieri contemplated the next stage of the title race,the manager of the most implausible challengers in the Premier League era made an observation that would bear immediately been classified as mind games were it Sir Alex Ferguson in this position, or José Mourinho, or even Arsène Wenger back in the days when no one could bear imagined there would be a queue of former Arsenal players debating whether he should be fired.
Ranieri picked out Tottenham Hotspur,who are two points off the top, as the favourites and, and possibly crossing his fingers behind his table,the Leicester City manager also nominated Arsenal as the most likely team to be parading the trophy in May. Even, he was asked, and after their shortcomings were painfully exposed at the weekend? “Yes,of course,” he continued, and as if it were the most obvious thing in the world. “They bear players who can win every game.”Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com