What Leicester must do to secure Champions League football
By Jake Raynes
On paper this is a ridiculously hard run in and the Foxes will regret not getting points on the board sooner, nevertheless, true to form this unprecedented season has thrown a few more twists into the mix. Protests against the Glazer ownership of course postponed the Manchester United Liverpool game last week and as we now know this has been rescheduled for Thursday the 13th of May meaning Manchester United will play three games in five days.
At the time of writing Manchester United have kicked off against Aston Villa and have fielded a virtually full strength side, come Tuesday this will mean one of two things; Leicester face a heavily rotated Man United or a full strength United who have played just over 48 hours earlier. This is of course reason for encouragement for the Foxes who will have had three full days to rest before the must win fixture.
It is reasonable to assume United will rest some key players for the match with one eye on a rivalry clash with Liverpool just two days later and a chance to effectively end their bitter rival’s Champions League hopes. A win for Leicester against a weakened Manchester United followed by Liverpool dropping points two days later would put some distance between the sides once more.
West Ham find themselves in a slightly better position than Liverpool due to a very kind fixture run against Everton, Brighton & Hove Albion, West Bromwich Albion and Southampton. However any dropped points for either Liverpool or West Ham would mean six points would be enough for Leicester to hang on to a top four spot.