All posts tagged "Leicester City"

  • MOTD: Leicester City 1-0 Norwich City

    For eighty-nine minutes, Norwich City’s plan of containment for Leicester City worked perfectly. Jamie Vardy was nearly invisible, Riyad Mahrez was ineffective and the visitors at the King Power Stadium held Leicester to mostly shots from range.  For...

    • Posted February 27, 2016
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  • A Sunday to shape the Premier League title race

    Perhaps more so than any other Sunday in the Premier League, February 14th has the potential to shape this season’s title race. League leaders Leicester City visit third-placed Arsenal at the Emirates and fourth-placed Manchester City host...

    • Posted February 12, 2016
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  • MOTD: Manchester City 1-3 Leicester City

    Leicester City had 5000-1 title odds going into the Premier League season.  It’s been confirmed that at least a few people placed £10 and £40 pound bets on the prospect and now, following the Foxes’ 3-1 demolition of...

    • Posted February 6, 2016
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  • Shinji Okazaki embodies Leicester City’s electric spirit

    There have been many, many eloquent words used to describe Leicester City’s uniquely incredible Premier League campaign this season. The Foxes are writing history and the journalists, pundits, and even Hollywood screenwriters are hanging closely onto their...

    • Posted February 3, 2016
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  • MOTD: Leicester City 2-0 Liverpool

    It’s February.  The month, they say, when the title race begins to crystalize and true contenders separate themselves from the hopefuls, the early pacemakers and the surprise packages; when the rubber finally meets the road.  And Leicester...

    • Posted February 2, 2016
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  • MOTD: Leicester City 0-2 Tottenham Hotspur

    This was the night Tottenham Hotspur asserted their place in the big six of the Premier League.  They had already faced Leicester City twice in the past week, tying 2-2 in their FA Cup meeting and losing...

    • Posted January 20, 2016
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  • MOTD: Tottenham Hotspur 2-2 Leicester City

    If Leicester City’s FA Cup Third Round meeting with Tottenham tonight weren’t already overshadowed by a rematch in the league in just three days, the inconclusive 2-2 draw added an even more important replay to the fixture...

    • Posted January 10, 2016
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  • What is Leicester City’s best target for 2016?

    I do wish Leicester City would prove the world wrong. It’s amazing to have witnessed a collection of up-and-comers rising from the Championship to take down the league’s rich kids one by one in an utterly captivating...

    • Posted December 29, 2015
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  • MOTD: Liverpool 1-0 Leicester City

    “There was a lot of electricity,” said Leicester City gaffer Claudio Ranieri after his team’s win over Chelsea a few weeks back. “Without electricity we are a normal team. With the fans, who pushed behind us, it...

    • Posted December 26, 2015
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  • Leicester look to pass 40-point mark in Boxing Day trip to Liverpool

    The holidays were considerably gloomy at the King Power Stadium last season. Leicester City sat bottom of the table after loss to Tottenham Hotspur on Boxing Day, slumping deeper into their thirteen match winless streak. Two days...

    • Posted December 25, 2015
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