Leicester will have had a two week break in the time the 2-4 teams have played three games each. Surely that should help them...or will it? They’ve also had two weeks to think about a supremely galling loss to the officials at the Emirates. How many times will it have occurred to them that without that sending off they’d probably be five points clear of us, and 8 of Arsenal? Even a draw would have put them three ahead of us, and 5 of the goons.
It’s also just possible a long-ish break may be worse for a team than too many games. Moving forward, City and ourselves are out of the FA cup, while Arsenal are not only still in, but have a replay to jam in to their schedule. On the other hand, they’re sure to be out of the CL soon. We might or might not still have Europa left. Finally, while I still expect City to get back in the race, they’ve done nothing but fall apart since the news they have a lame duck coach broke--which brings back some memories.