Puel: A Decisive Game

- Claude Puel believes Leicester City have the quality to cause Chelsea problems on Sunday
- The London outfit visit King Power Stadium to contest an Emirates FA Cup Quarter-Final tie
- Puel confirmed only Daniel Amartey (hamstring) will miss out this weekend, with the rest of the squad available

The Foxes – in high spirits after last weekend’s 4-1 Premier League victory over West Bromwich Albion – host Antonio Conte’s men on Sunday at King Power Stadium.

The City boss, who saw his side draw 0-0 at Stamford Bridge in January, believes they will play without pressure against Chelsea. 

He said: “I hope all the big important games are behind, of course. We will see. I don’t know. Of course, all the games we can play are big. It is a decisive game, more important I don’t know.

“It’s in our stadium. It is a good opportunity, a chance to see perhaps the semi-finals. For Chelsea it is the same. It will be the last opportunity for this team also to win something this season.

“It is a good challenge, an exciting challenge to play against a great team in our stadium in front of our fans.

“All of the players wait for these games with desire and without pressure because this team is favourite, but we have good attributes also and we can cause them problems.

“We need to give a collective response against this team. It is a fantastic game for the fans, the squad and the Club.”

Ahead of the game, Puel confirmed only Daniel Amartey is unavailable, as the defender continues his recovery from a hamstring problem sustained against AFC Bournemouth earlier this month.

“Just Daniel Amartey is not available,” added Puel. "He is not fit for this game. All the squad are available, of course.”