Ranieri upbeat despite latest loss

Claudio Ranieri says Leicester’s poor run of form in the Premier League only magnifies the scale of their achievements last season.

Leicester suffered their sixth defeat in their defence of the title they claimed in May and second in succession as they went down 2-1 at Watford.

Ranieri was still upbeat after the final whistle, despite their latest result leaving the champions within two points of the relegation zone.

The Italian, whose side have also gone four games without a win in all competitions, said: “It’s just a bad period now. This period [shows] how big last season was. That’s it.

“Now we are in 2016-17 and we have to react, to keep going with this period but of course stay stronger and concentrate from the beginning of the match every …

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