EPL : Leicester hukum kelemahan Arsenal

JAMIE VARDY and James Maddison have secured a commanding win for Leicester to pile further pressure on Arsenal boss Unai Emery.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang had a goal disallowed, but it was the Foxes who gained three well deserved points.

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Jamie Vardy playing Arsenal He has goals in #PL starts against the Gunners

Unai said :

“We can be disappointed but the attitude of the players, they did the gameplan.

“In the second half we created some chances and when they scored we lost that opportunity.

“We are distant from them now but we will take time to prepare and improve and take the balance in the team.

“Manchester United and Spurs are also behind us so it is an equal competition but we have time to reduce the gap on Leicester.

“If we can play strong at home, I know we can play well when we play away.

“We didn’t lose at home but today lost here because Leicester are at home and feel strong here.

“I am speaking with the club to stay strong and recover. We also have young players who are growing up with us.

“I know we are receiving criticism but I have done before and I have recovered.

“I accept all the criticism. It is normal. Today we did one step ahead being better defensively.”

EPL : Leicester kenduri gol di St Mary

LEICESTER City mencipta sejarah dalam Liga Perdana Inggeris selepas membelasah Southampton 9-0 di St Mary untuk melonjak ke tangga kedua liga, awal pagi tadi.

Kemenangan terbesar di tempat lawan sebelum itu ialah lapan gol, rekod dimiliki tiga kelab. Ia juga menyaksikan kali pertama pasukan lawan menjaringkan sembilan gol dalam Liga Perdana menyamai catatan Manchester United di Old Trafford yang menewaskan Ipswich Town pada 1995.

Juara 2016 itu kini meraih 20 mata daripada 10 perlawanan, permulaan terbaik mereka dalam kempen liga yang menyaksikan The Foxes ketinggalan hanya lima mata di belakang pendahulu, Liverpool dan satu mata mengatasi Manchester City yang berkelebihan satu perlawanan.

Hatrik Ayoze Perez dan Jamie Vardy serta jaringan Youri Tielemans, Ben Chilwell dan James Maddison melengkapkan kekalahan terbesar Southampton di tempat sendiri dalam sejarah 133 tahun kelab itu.

"Saya sangat bangga dengan pasukan,” kata pengurus Leicester, Brendan Rodgers. "Menang sembilan gol satu pencapaian mengagumkan di tempat lawan.

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Red Devils scrape through on penalties

EPL : Claude Puel SACKED by Leicester after 4-1 thrashing at home to Crystal Palace

• Claude Puel has been sacked as manager of Leicester after a 4-1 defeat at home
• Foxes have won just four league games at home all season as Puel now departs 
• Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers is the favourite to be the club's next manager 
• Pressure has been mounting on Puel as club have not won since New Year's Day
• Puel was told of the decision by sporting director Jon Rudkin on Sunday morning

Leicester have acted after the 4-1 home defeat by Crystal Palace meant the side have lost seven of the last nine games.

The atmosphere among players at Puel's methods is said to be at rock bottom, and the pre-season target of seventh appears a remote prospect. The club are 12th, only eight points above the relegation places. 

Sportsmail reported before Christmas that low morale put Puel's position in real jeopardy

Claudio Ranieri and Craig Shakespeare were also sacked after failing to win in six consecutive matches.

Wilfried Zaha scored a brace on Saturday as Leicester's dismal start to the year continued

January signing Youri Tielemans looked to make his mark in the centre of midfield with some weaving runs

Majlis pengebumian pemilik Leicester City bermula

Orang ramai menghadiri pengebumian Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha di Bangkok

*Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha was a Thai billionaire businessman and the founder, owner and chairman of King Power Duty Free. He was also the owner of Premier League football club Leicester City from 2010 until his death in a helicopter crash at the King Power Stadium in Leicester.

MAJLIS pengebumian pemilik kelab bola sepak Leicester City, Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, bermula hari ini di kuil Buddha di Bangkok, Thailand, dengan golongan elit negara dijangka memberikan penghormatan kepada hartawan berkenaan.

Vichai, 60, dan empat lagi maut dalam nahas helikopter sejurus berlepas dari padang kelab itu seminggu lalu, menamatkan hayat lelaki kelima terkaya di Thailand itu.

Beliau bermula daripada satu kedai di Bangkok sehingga memiliki empayar King Power bebas cukai, yang kedainya berada di lapangan terbang dipenuhi pelancong di Thailand.

Vichai menggunakan kekayaan hasil perniagaan monopoli itu untuk mendapatkan Leicester City dan membantu menjadikan kelab berkenaan kepada pemenang gelaran Liga Perdana pada 2016.

Jasad Vichai diterbangkan balik ke Thailand dan dibawa ke Wat Thepsirin kelmarin, dengan individu terkenal yang rapat dengan keluarga mendiang memakai serba hitam untuk perhimpunan peribadi menjelang upacara yang bermula petang ini dan berlanjutan hingga 9 November.

Pemain kelab Leicester termasuk jurulatih Claude Puel dijangka mengunjungi Thailand untuk memberikan penghormatan selepas pertandingan menentang Cardiff City hari ini.

Vichai meninggalkan isteri dan empat anak, dua lelaki dan dua perempuan.

Semuanya ialah lembaga eksekutif King Power, yang kini berhadapan masa depan tidak menentu.

EPL : Langkah Kanan MU

Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho praised Paul Pogba for "putting himself forward for the team" after he captained the side and scored the opening goal in the win over Leicester City on the first day of the Premier League season.

Pogba - linked with Barcelona this summer - was a surprise starter only four days after his return to training, having won the World Cup with France just under a month ago.

The hosts made a flying start at Old Trafford, winning a penalty in the second minute when Daniel Amartey handled Alexis Sanchez's deflected shot.

Pogba stepped up and, after a typically nonchalant slow run-up, placed the ball in the top-right corner above Kasper Schmeichel.

Left-back Luke Shaw then scored the first senior goal of his career after controlling Juan Mata's aerial pass to double their lead.

Substitute Jamie Vardy headed a late consolation for Leicester after Ricardo Perreira's cross had hit a post, and Foxes goalkeeper Schmeichel came forward for an injury-time corner but his header went wide.

Pogba lasted 84 minutes before being replaced by Marouane Fellaini, but Mourinho said he did not expect the Frenchman to play for so long.

"We thought maximum 60 minutes but he managed over 80," said the United boss. "The decision belonged to Paul. I asked him and he made himself available and he was very good.

"Paul's contribution was amazing but the fuel was disappearing."

Man of the match - Paul Pogba

Pogba cannot be fully fit after no pre-season games and less than a week of training, but the French World Cup winner was still the game's key player

Leicester boss Claude Puel to BBC Sport: "It was a good game, a good performance from my team. Certainly we lacked more energy in the second half. That's normal for the first game.

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Riyad Mahrez has provided 5 #PL assists for Jamie Vardy this season - the same number as during the 2015/16 title-winning campaign

CHELSEA AND LEICESTER CITY SAFELY THROUGH IN EMIRATES FA CUP AFTER FRIDAY NIGHT TIES

Chelsea marched into the Emirates FA Cup sixth round as Willian scored twice during a comfortable 4-0 win against Championship side Hull City. 

Frenchman Olivier Giroud, signed from Arsenal on deadline day, scored his first Chelsea goal and assisted both Willian strikes.

Pedro rounded off the scoring as Chelsea scored four in the first half.

The Blues went ahead after only two minutes as Willian scored a curling effort from outside of the penalty area. 

And it was 2-0 on 27 minutes as Pedro raced onto a through ball from fellow Spaniard Cesc Fabregas.   

Willian then linked well with Giroud just past the half hour mark to score his second of the game, while the Frenchman scored his first Chelsea goal following debutant Emerson Palmieri's cross. 

Hull improved considerably after the break and David Meyler had a penalty saved by goalkeeper Willy Caballero, while Willian hit the post late on for a rampant Chelsea.

Meanwhile, England international and Sheffield-born Jamie Vardy proved the match winner as Leicester City booked their place in the next round of the Emirates FA Cup after beating Sheffield United 1-0. 

But it was the returning Riyad Mahrez that proved the creative spark for the Foxes. 

Mahrez provided the cross for Vardy to head home the all-important winning goal just after the hour mark.

Sheffield United created clear cut opportunities of their own, with Enda Stevens and George Baldock going close for Chris Wilder’s men. 

But the Blades were unable to find an equaliser late on, while Vardy had a late effort ruled out for Leicester for offside. 

GW 18 - Crystal kembali menggegar | Leicester tumbang di stadium sendiri

Christian Benteke sinks Leicester to end Crystal Palace’s away drought

Christian Benteke heads home Crystal Palace’s first away in the Premier League since 23 April. Photograph: Plumb Images/Leicester City FC 

Christian Benteke blasted his way back into Roy Hodgson’s good books by scoring his first goal for seven months and creating another for Wilfried Zaha before Bakary Sako gave a suitably emphatic look to Crystal Palace’s first away win of the season. 

Palace had not even mustered a goal on their travels this season but they were worthy winners here, the south London side showing the zest and sharpness that was strangely absent from a Leicester team that came into the game in vibrant form.

Wilfried Ndidi being sent off following a piece of simulation in the second half seemed apt on a day when Leicester played like a poor imitation of their recent selves. 

Benteke, meanwhile, was far removed from the hapless figure who was lambasted by Palace fans and team-mates after defying orders and missing a late penalty against Bournemouth last Saturday.

Wilfried Zaha lashes home Palace’s second. Photograph: Plumb Images/Leicester City FC via Getty Images

UCL : Impian & harapan Leicester musnah | Bye Bayern!

UCL: Play like a man!' - Nasri slams 'cheat' Vardy after red card

The ex-Arsenal man was left fuming by the apparent play acting of the England striker as Leicester City progressed to the Champions League last eight

Samir Nasri has labelled Jamie Vardy a "cheat" following the Leicester City striker's role in the Sevilla star's red card in Tuesday's Champions League last 16 second leg.

The Leicester miracle goes on!

Goals from Wes Morgan and Marc Albrighton saw the Foxes into the quarter-finals for the first time in the club's history, with Nasri receiving his marching orders in the second half following a clash with Vardy.

England international Vardy seemed to push Nasri off the ball, leading to the former Arsenal man reacting and moving his head towards Vardy's and receiving his marching orders.

Nasri, though, felt Vardy had acted in a cowardly manner, claiming the forward dived to get him in trouble.

"He didn’t say anything but he played it well. We went face to face and then he fell on the floor," he told reporters.

"I thought the English player was tougher than that. He was the one who came to my face, and then went on the floor. He played it well.

"I didn’t touch him, I didn’t do anything with my head. He went on the floor and then the referee gave us both a yellow card.

"For me, he is a cheat. Because if he was a foreign player, you the English press would say he is a cheat.

Nasri needed to be restrained following his dismissal, and seemed to gesture towards Vardy that he would speak to him after the game.

But the former France international was reluctant to reveal exactly what he would have told the Leicester man so as to avoid any further punishment.

"I would love to speak to him but you know too many cameras, too many security, and I have to think about next year and not getting a big suspension.

"We are not playing in the same league so it would be hard for me to get back at him. It doesn’t matter any more."

"They were winning 2-0, play the game like a man. Win it. You are not better than us but you are winning 2-0, you will qualify, just play the game. You have quality, you are an international player, you don’t need to do that."

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