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[Thierry] Henry tells me to shut up, this time with a lot of swear words included. And in hindsight it is good advice. But I am not taking it on. I shout back that he is the one who should shut up. He runs in my direction, confronts me, yells into my face, says all kinds of things. He totally ignores the fact that the game is going on around us. Ashley Cole and Sol Campbell get involved: ‘Carry on, Nicklas, keep on running and shut your mouth.’ And I do. I become unusually calm. That is what happens if one of the best forwards in the world stands there and shouts at you.”
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How high can Leicester go this season? The sense seems to be that it will again be a two-horse race for the title, with Liverpool out in front, closely followed by Manchester City but Brendan Rodgers’s side, and indeed Chelsea, are not so far behind. As Dean Smith said before Aston Villa were swept aside last weekend, City are not infallible and Liverpool, too, are not flawless. When Rodgers was asked about odds on his side winning the league shortening to around 50/1 following their 9-0 demolition of Southampton, he smiled and said: “We just want to finish as high as possible and I’d never put any limits on that.” Leicester travel to Crystal Palace on Sunday in search of a fourth straight win.
