Leicester City can sneak a Champions League spot, says Emile Heskey
Leicester City can sneak a UEFA Champions League spot this season, says former Foxes striker Emile Heskey.
Brendan Rodgers’ side have been soaring in the Premier League, as is well reflected from their league position – they are fourth in the table with 14 points from eight games.
Top six seemed like an unrealistic aim to a selected few at the start of the campaign; however, as we near the festive period, the same non-believers feel that anything but a top four finish would represent underachievement.
Heskey doesn’t belong to either of those categories, but he does feel that Leicester are well on course for a place in Europe.
"“Leicester have a great chance to capitalise on the poor form of teams like United and Tottenham and could sneak a Champions League spot.“I think Rodgers would at least be looking at top eight, but he’ll definitely be thinking top eight is possible.“The key thing for Leicester is consistency. It’s not about their performances against the current top six, it is about winning their games against everyone else.“If they only drop points to the top six, then they’ll be right up there come the end of the season. If they lose silly points against lower league opposition, then they’ll struggle to be a real threat.”"
With Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester United – God knows how did Leicester manage to lose to them – already done for the season, Leicester’s road to Europe is relatively clear now.
However, that is not just down to the fact that the other teams are bad. Leicester have made their own way.
They have beaten their opponents in the transfer market, they have been smart in terms of their scouting and, importantly, they acted very quickly and made the right managerial appointment at the right time. They are therefore reaping the rewards on the field now.
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It will be a travesty if Leicester do not finish in the top four. They completely and entirely deserve UCL football next season. If you do not find any other reason to believe so, at least consider their display against Liverpool at Anfield.
It may have been a defeat but it was a triumph of sorts, too.