Sentences with phrase «foxes win last season»

Real are not the only club who are interested in Kante, with AS reporting that Chelsea and Juventus are ready to provide competition for the player who helped the Foxes win last season's Premier League.

Not exact matches

That's not to say it isn't easy to see why Guardiola would want to sign him, as after a slightly difficult campaign last year to follow up the title - winning season with the Foxes, the 26 - year - old has three goals and five assists in 13 appearances so far this season as he looks to be getting back to his best.

With all the strange goings on this season, I think there is a good chance that at least two of the players targeted by Arsenal for a transfer move to north London last summer will be regretting their decision, as both Jamie Vardy and Riyad Mahrez were wanted by Arsene Wenger after playing major parts in the amazing Premier League title win of the Foxes.

The Foxes finished last season on a high, winning seven and losing just one of their last nine games when they had seemed certain to be relegated.

It would have been a big help to Arsenal and our chances of winning the Premier League this season if Leicester City had managed to beat Chelsea or at least stop the league leaders from adding another three points to their total, especially after the setback of a defeat last week and the loss of their main striker Diego Costa this weekend, but the fragile Foxes could not even hold out for seven minutes.

The Foxes were so convincing in their 3 - 1 victory at Manchester City last weekend that they are now joint - favourites with Arsenal to win this season's title.

We are still within range to win it if the Foxes slip up and for all your moaning about Wenger, what other manager has maintained their team to achieve the same, if not better, than last season?

The Algerian international was crucial to the club's success last season, as his 17 goals and 10 assists in the Premier League led to the Foxes winning the title as he picked up the PFA player of the year award.

By now you know the story of the Leicester City Foxes, a small club in England who soared into the spotlight last season after winning the Premier League at 5000:1 odds.

Jeffrey Schlupp had filled in manfully as the Foxes won seven of their last nine Premier League games, after Paul Konchesky had been... well, Paul Konchesky for the bulk of the season.

Watford won 2 - 1 at Vicarage Road last November but last season it was the Foxes at the double including a 2 - 1 win in this fixture.

The away side won both of fixtures last season including the Foxes 3 - 2 win in April which went a long way to help secure their EPL status.

The Magpies have done very well to stave off any relegation concerns that they could have had this season and like the Foxes have won their last two.

Ranieri manager Chelsea from 2000 until 2004 and steered the Foxes to an unlikely Premier League title win last season.

Vardy was one of the two major player of the Foxes who helped the team to win Premier League title for the first time in last season.

Schmeichel played a key role in helping Leicester win the title last season and he has continued his fine form during the current campaign as well, despite the Foxes» struggles.

Leicester City struggled big time last season having won the title a year before and under manager Craig Shakspear The Foxes are a team capable of pulling off surprise results.

Foxes fans, however, remain largely incredulous that the man who last season steered their club to seven wins from the last nine games and a position of safety that had looked completely out of reach has been ditched in favour of Claudio Ranieri, whose managerial record since leaving Chelsea in 2004 makes for dismal reading.

The Villans» last two wins came in this competition but they will be aware that the Foxes beat them comfortably, picking up one of their four Premier League wins this season, when the sides last met.

They did lose 4 - 2 at Leicester earlier in the season and have won just two of their last seven against the Foxes in the top - flight (D2 L3).