I want Leicester players back with a smile, says beleaguered Claude Puel

20 January 2019 22:30
• Leicester’s next game is away to Liverpool on 30 January• Against good teams we’ve had good consistency, he saysClaude Puel has urged his Leicester City team to rediscover their ruthless streak in time to navigate a testing run of fixtures as his struggles to convince continue. The under-pressure manager saw his side succumb to a fifth league defeat in eight matches after throwing away a point at Wolverhampton Wanderers on Saturday after twice levelling and has challenged his players to show their quality in their next three matches, against Liverpool, Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur.A stoppage-time winner by Diogo Jota condemned Leicester to a third consecutive defeat but Puel is adamant his players are capable of bouncing back in style. Leicester have lost at home to Cardiff and Southampton in the past four weeks but have equally beaten Chelsea and Manchester City in that same time frame. Related: Jota completes Wolves hat-trick to break Leicester hearts in 4-3 thriller Related: Sterling and Sané ensure Manchester City cruise to victory at Huddersfield Continue reading......read full article

Source: TheGuardian