Ranieri: Arsenal defeat showed me Premier League title was possible

 

The Leicester City manager says that despite losing to the Gunners, the way his side held out with 10 men until the last minute of the match gave him belief.

Leicester City only suffered three defeats en route to last season's Premier League title.

But it was one of those losses – a heart-breaking stoppage-time reverse to title rivals Arsenal in February – which made Claudio Ranieri believe a shock title win was really possible.

Ranieri, who played down Leicester's chances for much of 2015-16, revealed he finally felt title glory was possible after the 2-1 defeat at Emirates Stadium despite the fact that the loss left Arsenal just two points behind them.

Danny Welbeck's winner, which came five minutes into added time after the Foxes had played for most of the second half with 10 men following Danny Simpson's sending off, only served to leave Ranieri more confident.