Ranieri rallies ‘scared’ Foxes

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Claudio Ranieri has told Leicester to get “back to our strengths” and stop obsessing over the crackdown on set-piece defending.

Three of Manchester United’s four goals in Saturday’s defeat at Old Trafford came from corners, and Danny Simpson later admitted City are struggling to cope with the greater scrutiny on shirt pulling and blocking in the box.

But Ranieri says the rule outlawing grappling is nothing new, and the Leicester boss wants his players to revert to type, starting with their first Champions League home game against Porto on Tuesday night.

“Yes, we concede a lot of goals,” Ranieri said at his Champions League press conference. “I spoke to the players yesterday and they were scared. What the referees speak about is not a new rule, it’s something we’re used to doing. I said why change?

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