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A reminder of the teams
Leicester (4-2-3-1) Hermansen; Justin, Okoli, Faes, Kristiansen; Ndidi, Soumare; De Cordova-Reid, El Khannouss, Ayew; Vardy.
Substitutes: Stolarczyk, Coulibaly, Coady, Vestergaard, Winks, Skipp, Buonanotte, Mavididi, Daka.
Arsenal (4-1-4-1) Raya; Timber, Saliba, Gabriel, Lewis-Skelly; Partey; Nwaneri, Odegaard, Rice, Sterling; Trossard.
Substitutes: Neto, Tierney, White, Kiwior, Zinchenko, Jorginho, Merino, Calafiori, Butler-Oyedeji.
“As a Chelsea fan, Kaoru Mitoma made my life difficult last night,” begins Krishnamoorthy V, “but it also transported to football heaven.”
If you haven’t seen it, just see it.
Pre-match reading
Team news
Leicester make two changes from their unfortunate FA Cup defeat at Old Trafford. Victor Kristiansen comes in for Luke Thomas at left-back; Jamie Vardy replaces Patson Daka up front.
Arsenal make two changes, both enforced, to the team that lost at Newcastle in the Carabao Cup. Raheem Sterling and Ethan Nwaneri come in for the injured Gabriel Martinelli and Kai Havertz. It looks like Leandro Trossard will be their centre-forward.
Leicester (4-2-3-1) Hermansen; Justin, Okoli, Faes, Kristiansen; Ndidi, Soumare; De Cordova-Reid, El Khannouss, Ayew; Vardy.
Substitutes: Stolarczyk, Coulibaly, Coady, Vestergaard, Winks, Skipp, Buonanotte, Mavididi, Daka.
Arsenal (4-1-4-1) Raya; Timber, Saliba, Gabriel, Lewis-Skelly; Partey; Nwaneri, Odegaard, Rice, Sterling; Trossard.
Substitutes: Neto, Calafiori, Zinchenko, Tierney, Kiwior, White, Jorginho, Merino, Butler-Oyedeji.
Referee Sam Barrott.
Preamble
So you’re saying there’s a chance? Arsenal are still highly unlikely to win the Premier League this season, but James Tarkowski’s sizzling equaliser on Wednesday has given them a soupçon of hope. They’re seven points behind Liverpool with 14 games to play - one of them, tantalisingly, at Anfield in May.
Arsenal have gone on spectacular title-winning runs before – 10 straight wins in 1997-98, 12 in 2001-02 – and they will probably need another to reel in Liverpool. Their injury list makes things a whole lot harder, but at least they’re still in the conversation.
Leicester are in a different league, a mini-league with Ipswich and Wolves at the bottom. Two will be relegated, one will survive. Ruud van Nistelrooy denied Arsenal the title in 2002-03 and probably 2004-05; he’d love to do the same today.
Kick off 12.30pm GMT.
