Monday 21 November 2016

Club Brugge offer Leicester welcome respite from growing domestic concerns

• Claudio Ranieri rejects relegation talk before Champions League game
• He hails team’s progress in Europe as second fairytale for the club

There was a question to Riyad Mahrez about whether he could win the Ballon d’Or, another for Claudio Ranieri on the prospect of reaching the knockout stage of the Champions League and a couple for both player and manager on the possibility of being relegated. In many ways it was confirmation that these are strange times for Leicester City as they try to get to grips with a rollercoaster season.

Two points above the bottom three after enduring a sixth Premier League defeat of the season, at Vicarage Road on Saturday, Leicester welcome Club Brugge to the King Power Stadium on Tuesday night needing only a point to guarantee their place in the last 16 of Europe’s premier club competition.

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