Leicester City travel to Tottenham Hotspur this weekend.
Leicester City man Shinji Okazaki believes that Tottenham Hotspur are among the strongest teams in the Premier League and cites their consistency as a leading factor, the club’s official website report.
Spurs are the only unbeaten team in the Premier League thus far, winning five and drawing four of their nine matches so far which leaves them in fifth position and just one point off Manchester City at the top.
Mauricio Pochettino’s men have not scored too many, finding just 13 goals in their nine games, but with only four goals conceded they comfortably boast the best defensive record in the league.
Leicester know they are in for a tough afternoon on Saturday, and Foxes star Okazaki admits his side must concentrate for the entire 90 minutes if they hope to come away with a positive result.
“Against Tottenham it will be difficult. They are strong like Manchester United and Chelsea so we have to play together. We need to show good organisation, make sure our defence is tight and show good concentration for 90 minutes. This is the way we must play against Tottenham,” he told lcfc.com.
“Tottenham are strong. They are a young team and have great individuals too. They always have a high level of performance. We can win though because we try to do this together as a team.”
Leicester have not made the best of starts of their Premier League defence, winning just three of nine matches and already losing more league games this term than they managed in the entire of last season.
The Foxes have struggled on the road in particular, losing heavily at Liverpool, Manchester United and Chelsea and they will know that their trip to White Hart Lane will be just as difficult.
Spurs are struggling for goals in the absence of the injured Harry Kane, but in Heung-Min Son they have a player currently at the top of his game and a huge threat to Leicester’s ageing defence.
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