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Earlier, we asked you to identify the former Leicester player from their Premier League statistics playing for the club.

The correct answer was Robert Huth.

Marissa Thomas
BBC Sport journalist

Leicester City boss Steve Cooper has been speaking to the media before Sunday's Premier League game at Manchester United (kick-off 14:00).

Here are the key lines from his news conference:

• Forward Bobby De Cordova-Reid picked up "quite a nasty wound on his Achilles" in the League Cup match against Manchester United 10 days ago and remains "doubtful" for the weekend.

• On whether 10 points from 10 games is a good return for Leicester: "We have to have the mentality that we can do better. It's been a decent start but I also know that we can get better and hopefully we'll have more points from the next 10 games. Me personally and the guys will always want more. The ambition is to be higher [than 15th place]. I'm always going to say that I want more because that is the elite world of the Premier League."

• He wants his side to "believe big": "We've got to think big but at the same time we have got to make it happen. Let's go into the next 10 games looking to be better than the previous."

• On Jordan Ayew's impact since joining in the summer: "We knew that we needed to bring in Premier League experience to add to what was already here. We've always been delighted that Jordan is with us because of the level he plays at and knowing what it takes to be a Premier League player. It comes in abundance with him. He's hard working and is very much about the team and the greater good."

• Cooper expanded on what Ayew brings to the Foxes: "It can't be about individuals just looking after themselves, it's got to be about what is right for the team and Jordan is a good example of that. Some really important moments so far from him and I'm sure some to come in the future as well."

• On facing Manchester United again so quickly after the last encounter: "It was a League Cup game and now it’s in the league. They’ve got a few players back and that makes a difference. Whenever you play Man Utd, home or away, you come up against a team with talented players."

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Guess the former Leicester player from their Premier League statistics at the club:

• Years at club: 2015-2018

• National team: Germany

• Position: Defender

• Appearances: 82

• Goals: 6

Answer will be revealed at 17:00 GMT

The latest episode of the When You're Smiling podcast has landed.

Owynn Palmer-Atkin is joined by former Foxes defender Michael Morrison and Leicester fan Iain Wright to assess the season with 10 Premier League matches gone.

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Leicester left-back Victor Kristiansen says the team have shown "great spirit and mentality" in coming back to earn points in recent games.

The Foxes have fallen behind in eight of their 10 Premier League matches this season, but have come back on four occasions to get a win and three draws.

It was once again a goal deep into added time last weekend that saw them get a point from their trip to fellow promoted side Ipswich Town.

"It's not been going our way in the first 10 games, but we have shown a great spirit and mentality of trying to come back," the Denmark international told BBC East Midlands.

"Sometimes it happens, but sometimes we sit in the dressing room afterwards frustrated with how we started the game.

"In life when you fall down, you really learn how to pick yourself up and we have shown that.

"Now is about staying on top of that and not going behind, but we know that when we go behind we know how to pick ourselves up."

While it took some time for Leicester to find a first victory on their return to the top flight, they sit 15th in the table after 10 games, five points above the relegation zone.

With a number of players in the squad having played in the league previously, Kristiansen feels this is something that will help the team in staying up this campaign.

"The majority of the team has great Premier League experience," he said. "I think it gives some kind of comfort within the team.

"There are players that have tried it before, been to the big stadiums before, tried to play up against the dominating teams, so it is about taking the experience from those guys."

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Leicester are one of two teams, along with Manchester City, to have scored in all 10 of their Premier League games so far this season. Only in 2018-19 (first 11) and their 2015-16 title-winning campaign (17) have they had a longer streak from the start of a season in the competition.

Each of Leicester's past four Premier League away games have seen a result-altering goal scored in the 90th minute (including stoppage time), the longest such run in the competition's history.