Tony Mowbray, the manager of Sunderland, is the latest opposition manager to predict Leicester City will win the Championship.
The Foxes extended their lead at the top of the league to eight points with a 1-0 win over Mowbray’s Black Cats at the King Power Stadium on Tuesday night. Early in the first half, Enzo Maresca’s men took the lead through James Justin.
City look unstoppable in their pursuit of promotion back to the Premier League after being relegated at the end of last season, with 12 wins from 13 matches. And Mowbray believes the championship race is already over.
“We believed we could come here and win the game, but we missed some really good chances,” he remarked.
I asked the players to challenge themselves and see if they want to play in the Premier League one day.
I asked the players to challenge themselves and see if they want to play in the Premier League one day.
“We competed really well, we just lacked the composure required at the top end of the pitch. If that’s the level we play at every week, we’re going to win enough games.
“We just need to improve the end product. We can score goals, we missed some golden chances to put the ball in the net.
“We’re not finishing above Leicester City, I think Leicester will win the league. Burnley had the same amount of points as we do at this stage last season, the results will take care of themselves.
“We put a lot of work into defending set-plays because we’re not a huge team, a free header has cost us two games on the bounce.”
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