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Ranieri hails Leicester's spirit

Sunday, October 04 2015 by SNTV
  • Reaction after Leicester survived a spirited fightback from Norwich to secure a 2-1 victory at Carrow Road and move up to fourth in the English Premier League.

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    SOUNDBITE (English): Alex Neil, Norwich City manager:

    "I think the first half, we like to control the game, I think if our use of the ball and the way we generally play was up to scratch, I think we would have had enough quality to break Leicester down. I think our use of the ball was poor, I think how quickly we moved the ball was too slow, and I think it was just a bit predictable, if you like. And I thought Leicester, being a counter-attacking team, were set up to take advantage of that. But we're obviously hoping that the quality we showed last week at West Ham, in terms of how quickly we moved the ball and how well we retained it against another good counter-attacking team, I think if we had their levels I think we would have won the game. I don't think we had their levels, certainly first half, and I think it cost us. And I think Leicester punished us with good counter-attacking play in the first half.

    SOUNDBITE (English): Claudio Ranieri, Leicester City manager:

    "Yes, a very good answer after the defeat against Arsenal (on 26th September, Leicester's first defeat of the season). It was a very good match against a good team. They (Norwich) were organised, they play good football, but today we were very determined to try to win the match. And we created a lot of chances, I think seven, eight great chances to score a goal. We scored twice (James Vardy and Jeff Schlupp), one wasn't good (enough) and they score a goal, and at the end there was a big battle in good English spirit, I love this kind of spirit."

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