CHAMPS ON SLIDE
Leicester out to fend off demise in Manchester United match
Premier League champions Leicester City stand potentially one more bad result away from a place in the relegation zone
London — Eight months after completing one of sport’s most remarkable triumphs of the underdog, Premier League champions Leicester City stand potentially one more bad result away from a place in the relegation zone. Such has been their demise that defeat against Manchester United on Sunday, coupled with good weekends for relegation rivals Crystal Palace and Swansea, and a place in the bottom three will be theirs. Having suffered a third successive defeat on Tuesday with a 1-0 loss at Burnley, the almost unthinkable scenario of Leicester dropping out of the top flight a year after straddling its summit moved another step closer. Manager Claudio Ranieri may not be pressing the panic button, but the postmortem following their Turf Moor reverse, which left them with the worst record after 23 games of any reigning Premier League champions, pinpointed some familiar themes. Foremost among their current failings is a defence that has gone from rock solid to leaky and a forward line that was...
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