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Brendan Rodgers enjoys the challenge of preparing his Leicester City team twice a week as they prepare for a quick change and a trip to Aston Villa.Leicester were in the Czech Republic to play Slavia Prague in the Europa League on Thursday, securing a goalless draw for next week's second leg.The Foxes' participation in that competition, along with progress in the FA Cup, adds to a busy schedule, but Rodgers isn't making excuses.After knocking Brighton and Hove Albion out of the cup last week and then beating Liverpool, the challenge is for Leicester to follow up a solid draw on the road with another victory at Villa Park."We are really enjoying the games," Rodgers said. "Of course, it is difficult from a physical perspective."But if you look at what we did last week, we had a very toug...

José Mourinho believes it is too early to draw conclusions from the Premier League table, as Tottenham lag behind West Ham ahead of their clash this weekend.The Hammers have a six-point lead over the Spurs, who have suffered a slump in their form since emerging as title contenders earlier in the season.Mourinho's men have lost four of their last five league games and are eighth heading into the weekend, while high-flying West Ham is fifth.But Tottenham is not giving up the fight just yet, says their coach."The table always gives you what you deserve," Mourinho said. "And I think it is very premature to think about the definition of the table."We have to fight and we have to wait until the last game to see what happens, because anything can happen."We can finish in the top four, we can ...

Manchester United are not ready to concede the Premier League title to Manchester City, but Ole Gunnar Solskjaer knows his form must improve.United led the way in January before a sticky patch left them 10 points behind City heading into a weekend in which the leaders at Arsenal play first.Regardless of the events at Emirates Stadium, however, United manager Solskjaer knows the importance of a home result against Newcastle United."We cannot hide the fact that we have lost our shape in recent weeks," he said.Solskjaer added about the state of play at the top: "I don't think anyone is saying they won't. We are going to look for a win in every game we play.""We cannot control what other teams do. We just have to control ourselves. We are second and of course their ambition is not to finish...

Pep Guardiola says Manchester City will need an "incredible performance" to beat an Arsenal side it sees as future contenders for the Premier League title.Arsenal have endured a tough first full season with Mikel Arteta, Guardiola's former City assistant, and are approaching the weekend in 10th place.But Guardiola has been impressed by her performances of late, particularly with academy graduates like Bukayo Saka and Emile Smith Rowe.He believes Arsenal will put the top-of-the-table City to the test on Sunday, explaining: "What I see in the last month or two months, every Arsenal game plays better than the opponent."Our dream as coaches is to deserve results. We play to deserve what we want to get. Sometimes you win or lose, you can't control."What we want to deserve (Arteta) is to do a...