'Leicester had more quality'published at 17:27 Greenwich Mean Time 8 January 2022
FT: Leicester 4-1 Watford
Watford
Watford boss Claudio Ranieri to BBC Sport: "We knew we had to play against the last winners of the FA Cup. I put some players in and gave a rest to some other players – it was the first time some of them had played together.
"It was a good match at 2-1 but after that Leicester had more quality. But I can’t say anything against my players – they made the maximum effort and well done to Leicester.
"We created something good but in the end the quality of the Leicester players told – they scored the goals and we didn’t.
"Our next three matches are very, very important and we need very good performances in them – our focus now, 100%, is on these next three matches."