Ranieri came out fighting there, and threw the gauntlet down at the feet of his underperforming team. So make of that what you will. Rafa Benitez lost his job last week after losing to Norwich, but Ranieri clearly doesn’t fancy making it two in a row. “At a club with owners not shy of making multiple managerial changes, Ranieri’s future can only be in severe question,” writes John Brewin in his match report. Might be an idea to keep an eye on developments over the next couple of days. Thanks for reading this MBM. Stay safe and warm, everyone. Nighty night.
Claudio Ranieri, less than four months into his reign but under serious pressure already after ten defeats in his 13 games in charge, talks to Sky. “I want to say sorry to our crowd. We wanted to do another kind of match. Yes, OK, the first half was a little good, but after the goal we went down. They deserved to win. It is not possible to lose this kind of match. Psychologically, we have to react. When we are desperate, we react well, so now is the moment to react. I speak every day with the board and we are all together. I am very convinced [we can survive]. Also some players are convinced and fight. Now I have to choose only the players who want to fight. We have to change the mentality, and play as a squad, not as individuals. No player can win alone. Norwich played tonight as a squad. We did not do it.”
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