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Sunday, 17 April 2016

HOW LEICESTER CITY CAN MESS UP ITS PREMIER LEAGUE TITLE TRIUMPH

Sunday, April 17, 2016 Posted by Anonymous No Comments

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Leicester City is going to win the English Premier League. Where once the notion sounded hopeful, vain, fanciful, now it’s almost universally accepted as a statement of fact to be.

The team many seasoned observers were picking to be relegated at the start of this season is going to win the big dance; seven points clear with 15 points, five games to play for.

Leicester and Claudio Ranieri and its fans will tell you that the club is just pleased to be in the UEFA Champions League for next season, and that, in and of itself, is both true and a staggering achievement.

But it’s got to the stage where Leicester is so nailed on for one of the greatest underdog triumphs in history that a screw-up from here would, equally, go down in history as one of the greatest of all time. It couldn’t happen, could it? Here are the reasons it might.

The injury bug bites

A standout feature of Leicester’s season? Its tremendous record at avoiding major injuries to major players, which is just as well, because it has relied heavily on a core 11 or 12 individuals through the year.

The excellent physioroom.com notes that Leicester is one of only four Premier League teams to currently have no players out with injury. Newcastle, to provide a contrast, has seven out, and Liverpool six.

Clearly, that is down to a little bit of luck but more, at this late stage of the season when fatigue will be setting in, down to an excellent team of doctors and fitness coaches.

That doesn’t mean things couldn’t go wrong. Leicester’s success has been built on the hard running of Danny Drinkwater and N’Golo Kante in midfield, with Kante a particular standout.

The duo have been almost ever-present in 2015-16. Any niggle now—and it doesn’t have to be serious—could severely disrupt the balance of the team. It’s worth noting again here Leicester’s lack of squad rotation. Gokhan Inler, the likely replacement for Drinkwater and/or Kante, has only played three league games so far, two as substitute. Will he be up to speed if called upon?

Opponents with plenty to play for

This Premier League is so tight and competitive that no one, all season, has been given or will be given an easy ride. And that includes the champion-elect. Leicester entertains West Ham United on Sunday; a West Ham team out of the FA Cup and now with only the Premier League to concentrate on. Oh, and still with a decent percentage chance of finishing in the top four, potentially guaranteeing itself Champions League football next season alongside Leicester.

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