However, at mid-season, the club of Wout Faes and Dennis Praet was doing even better with 58 points out of a possible 69. That's eleven more than Burnley after so many matches. We even thought that Leicester City could beat Reading's record (106 points) set in 2006. Except that the rest was much less easy.
The fault lies with the competition – in particular Ipswich Town, Leeds United and Southampton – who offered resistance that Burnley did not experience. This is also due to two big air gaps experienced in recent weeks: one in February and March (4 points out of 18), the other at the beginning of April (0 out of 6). Result: the Foxes even gave up their first place at Ipswich Town while they made up for their late match won a few days ago against West Brom.
They created a lot of expectations at the beginning.
“I know the level of pressure there can be now for Leicester, but when they lost games they didn't lose their identityobserves Carlos Corberan, the manager of West Brom. They have amazing players and a great coach, they probably created a lot of expectations early on and are now suffering the consequences of the expectations they were able to create.”
Back in the lead (91 pts), Enzo Maresca's men today have only a very slim lead over Ipswich (89) and Leeds United (87). “It's full of emotion right now, admitted the Italian coach who made Faes one of his essential pawns (93% playing time). We lost two games in a row, everyone was a little nervous. But I think we are where we need to be and where we deserve to be.”
Namely two wins from a return to the Premier League and three to secure the title, knowing that there are only three games left to negotiate. Against Southampton (4th), Preston NE (10th) and Blackburn (19th).
