Claudio Ranieri: Leicester City are not nervous

In a season where the established elite have struggled for consistency, the Foxes have produced countless assured performances – the latest a 1-0 success at Watford on Saturday.

Tottenham threw away a 2-1 lead against Arsenal – themselves guilty of surrendering a commanding position via Francis Coquelin’s needless dismissal – in the north London derby, while Manchester City seem unable to put a sustained challenge together.

Leicester’s fixture list takes a kind turn in March and April, with four of their six matches against middling opposition coming at the King Power Stadium.

"We are not nervous, our job is done and our job was to save the team," said Ranieri. "This is an amazing season for us and everything we achieve is something more.

"This year is a crazy season for us, for everybody and we are happy and we have to enjoy. We know very well this is a strange chance that we have but we want to fight and then nobody can say 'we were nervous'. No. We are focussed and everything could happen."

Come on, Claudio, of course you are. The idea that you can be on the cusp of a miracle, and not feel the pressure, is absurd. Not that nerves are necessarily a bad thing – it’s simply how you handle them.

Leicester can wrap up the title in their next six games (Newcastle, Crystal Palace, Southampton, Sunderland, West Ham and Swansea). It’s a favourable run that should yield at least 11 points… and probably more. After the Swans have departed the Midlands at the end of April, it's quite feasible the title race will be over. Leicester City really could be Premier League champions, assuming nerves don't consume them...