LEICESTER CITY VS MANCHESTER UNITED
TEAM NEWSPhil Jones is likely to miss out for Manchester United after injuring his foot against Hull.
He could be replaced by Eric Bailly, who is back from international duty, or Chris Smalling.
MOTD COMMENTATOR'S NOTES
Steve Bower: "If ever there was a match both teams needed to
win, this is it. "The only consolation for Manchester United after dropping points in midweek is that they have an immediate opportunity to put it behind them and return to winning ways.
"They know the margin for error for the right to play Champions League football next season is decreasing all the time, and the fact that they have drawn nine games will be a huge source of frustration.
"Jose Mourinho's side will look to exploit Leicester's fragile confidence levels. A run of eight defeats in 14 games has left the Foxes looking over their shoulder extremely nervously.
"They will have to defy form and recent history against their opponents to restore some much-needed positivity."
WHAT THE MANAGERS SAY
Leicester manager Claudio Ranieri: "They [the players] have to
fight for Leicester, not for me. Everybody is fighting, we lost in the 87th
minute [at Burnley] and you know how we lost but we fight until the end."The pressure is split to everybody. All my players want to win. Then the pressure is on the manager, always, but it's not my first year as a manager."
Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho: "We don't score enough goals. Some of our players from these attacking creative positions they could - they should - score more goals.
"We attack so much and with so many players, and so many players have the freedom in our dynamic to reach scoring positions.
"When you see the number of goals we score, there is not a true relation between our attacking production and the number of players we put in attacking positions and the number of goals we score."
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