Man City wants to beat Leicester away
In the disastrous early stages of the season, Pep Guardiola's team must not forget the 2-5 loss to their opponents right at the Etihad. Since then, Man City have always wanted this return to the Premier League match to take place as soon as possible so that they could reclaim everything they had lost.
Now that they have a hand in the championship, The Citizens still have many goals to aim for outside the Premier League. First, a big win on the opponent's field is the most perfect way to repay the debt. Man City is flying high this season, cannot drop points at King Power, thereby causing the team's spirit to decline.
Speaking of spirit, this is extremely important when Man City is preparing to enter the quarter-finals of the Champions League with Dortmund. Having failed to pass this round for 5 consecutive years for many reasons, Pep must have wanted to prepare the most perfect version of Man City to face BVB. When it comes to "perfect" like Pep's style, it is impossible to race for the Champions League without a win against Leicester.
Pep's saying that the team will not buy any more strikers this summer may be just a "wind blow" for him, forcing stars like Sterling or Jesus to make huge efforts. Pep is very good at playing psychological tricks, he wants to see if Sterling or Jesus will really try when they are put in a safe position.
Leicester is not easy to defeat
Since defeating Man City 5-2 until now, Brendan Rodgers' team has played steadily. 3rd place in their rankings has spoken it all. Leicester, despite having a shortage of players at times, are still persistent and are the bright team to win a ticket to the Champions League next season.
Like Man City, a win in round 30 is very important for the Foxes. They are currently 1 point behind Manchester United. This round, M.U only has to face Brighton, so it is likely that the "Red Devils" still have 3 points and will maintain 2nd place. If they stumble against Man City, the gap between Leicester and M.U will be reduced to 4 points.
In addition, Chelsea only have to meet West Brom, which also makes The Foxes worried. They are 5 points ahead of The Blues and if they lose to Man City, the gap will be only 2 points because Weest Brom is in the bottom group while Chelsea under Tuchel is too strong.
That said, the match against Man City is no different from a major turning point Leicester have to overcome in this sensitive period. Last season, they lost their Champions League spot in the final round when they lost to Manchester United. Rodgers and his team do not want them to fall again this year because another team also from Manchester.
The match between Leicester City and Manchester City will take place at 11:30 p.m. on January 3 (Vietnam time), live on K+.
