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Leicester 鈥榗an bounce back鈥 against City
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Leicester City winger Marc Albrighton reckons the Premier League leader can bounce back after defeat to Liverpool against title rival Manchester City at the King Power Stadium tonight.
While Leicester鈥檚 15-goal top scorer Jamie Vardy is expected to be fully fit after a virus City will be without injured captain Vincent Kompany.
Albrighton has warned City that the Foxes are not about to implode after suffering only their second defeat of the season on Boxing Day.
鈥淲e see this as a test,鈥 the winger said yesterday. 鈥淭here will probably be a lot of pundits and media that might think now we are going to lie down and relax with our 30-something points.
鈥淲e鈥檙e not a side to do that. We鈥檝e got Manchester City on Tuesday and we look forward to bouncing back against them.鈥
Vardy鈥檚 understanding with Algeria playmaker Riyad Mahrez has been crucial to the Foxes鈥 success this season 鈥 between them, they have scored 29 of Leicester鈥檚 37 goals.
The fact that neither of them looked fully fit against Liverpool will be of concern to manager Claudio Ranieri ahead of another key fixture.
鈥淢ahrez was very, very tired,鈥 said Ranieri. 鈥淭he spirit in the camp now is not so good, but that is a good thing, because the players always want to try to win.鈥
Kompany meanwhile was making his first appearance for seven weeks when he came on as a second-half substitute during City鈥檚 4-1 win over Sunderland on Friday, but lasted only nine minutes before hobbling off again.
The bad news for manager Manuel Pellegrini is that the central defender has suffered a recurrence of the calf injury that has troubled him for much of the season, and the fear is that he will be out for several weeks.
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