Mahrez: I’m Happy With The Team, The Club And The City

- The winger scores twice as Leicester City beat West Bromwich Albion at the Hawthorns 

- Marc Albrighton provides the assists for both goals 

- Despite going 1-0 down, Mahrez says the Foxes knew they could come back and win the match 

After his brilliant brace helped Leicester City to a stunning Barclays Premier League win over West Bromwich Albion on Saturday, Riyad Mahrez admitted that he couldn’t be happier. 

The free scoring winger took his tally to eight goals in all competitions this term during the thrilling 3-2 win at the Hawthorns, in which the Foxes had to come back from a 1-0 half-time deficit. 

Claudio Ranieri has spoken regularly about affording Mahrez the freedom to express himself within the City side, and the Algeria international showed exactly why his manager had so much faith in him with another stunning display. 

Twice he arrived with perfect timing at the far post to meet brilliant passes from Marc Albrighton in the second half and haul City from 1-0 down to 2-1 ahead in fewer than 10 minutes. 

“I’m really enjoying playing in this team because we play very well always,” Mahrez told . “We’re very attacking and we work very hard. I’m very happy with the team, the Club and the city. 

“I know Marc [Albrighton] has a very good foot and he can put the ball wherever he wants. For his cross I went behind the full back, he didn’t follow me and I was alone both times. 

“I’m happy with the two goals but the most important thing is the team. We have to keep going like this because we’re on a good run. 

“I’m very happy to win, especially away. They are a strong team and it was a difficult game. We played very well though.” 

It was the sixth time this season that the Foxes have come from a losing position to secure Premier League points, and Mahrez revealed that despite Salomon Rondon’s early strike, City were confident of getting back into the match. 

He added: “All the games, especially away, we keep coming back form two goals and one goal down. We knew [we could again] from one goal because in the first half we played very well and only conceded a goal from a set play. 

“We spoke at half time and said we can do it, we can make it happen again. Then we just played like we did always and scored three goals in the second half, which was very good for the team.”