Pellegrini: Foxes have the edge

Posted Tuesday, February 02, 2016 by foxsportsasia.com

Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini believes Leicester City hold the advantage in the race for the Premier League title because of their lack of European fixtures.

The Citizens are still in contention for quadruple of titles, including the League Cup, FA Cup, Champions League and Premier League, and the Chilean admits fatigue could take its toll on his squad.

With the Foxes only having to focus on the league until the end of the season, Claudio Ranieri and his men currently have 15 fixtures left of the campaign, while City will play 27 matches if they are to reach the finals of all the competitions they're competing in.

"If you ask me if I want to be still in all four competitions, then the answer is yes, but if you are saying if it is easier when you play fewer games then maybe," he said, in a pre-match interview for their fixture against Sunderland. "It's a view about Leicester, but I'm focusing more on my team.

"[In the last six weeks] we've got to the final of one cup and we have progressed in the other. We could be top of the table after the next two games depending on how we play. So if we win the next two games it's probably impossible to have been better."

Pellegrini will look to add more silverware to his resume in what could well be his final season at the Etihad Stadium, with rumours he will be replaced by outgoing Bayern Munich head coach Pep Guardiola at the end of the current campaign.