Ranieri marvels at Vardy streak

Jamie Vardy became only the fifth English player to net
in seven straight Premier League games on Saturday
and Claudio Ranieri is in awe.

Claudio Ranieri was left marvelling at Jamie Vardy's
achievement of becoming only the fifth Englishman to score in
seven successive Premier League matches with his winner in
Leicester City's 1-0 defeat of Crystal Palace on Saturday.

The England international has been in remarkable form this
season and tops the goal-scoring chart with a tally of 10 thanks
to his winner at the King Power Stadium, an effort which saw
him joined an illustrious list.

Alan Shearer, Ian Wright, Mark Stein and Daniel Sturridge are
the only other English players to score in seven consecutive top-
flight games, with the latter leading the way on eight.

The match also saw Leicester pick up their first clean sheet of
the season, a feat which Ranieri had previously promised would
be rewarded with pizza and the Italian suggested Vardy could be
in for a bigger share.

"It is a big achievement for him, a big achievement for us, for
everybody," Ranieri told reporters. "It is also big for our fans,
who will enjoy that a lot. Maybe he will get one and a half
[slices].

"It is difficult to say why it [such goal-scoring streaks] happens
sometimes. But often there is a reason for a record.

"It is good, he is in great form, he believes that. It is important
now but it is important later that if he doesn't score, he remains
calm and continues to fight as he did.

"He believes every ball can be good. Every ball could suddenly
create something good. It's important for him, important for all
his team-mates and is dangerous for opponents."

Ranieri riled Alan Pardew for apparently "goading" the Palace
players by picking the ball up on the touchline and then he
neglected to shake his counterpart's hand at full-time.

The former Chelsea tactician was apologetic in his media
conference for seemingly forgetting to shake hands, but he was
adamant that he did no wrong with regards to the perceived
goading.

"It was our throw-in," Ranieri said. "I took the ball and I awaited
my players.

"[But] it's true [that he did not shake hands]. I was just so glad
to go and shake the hands of my players. I am so sorry to him.

"I think now he will come to my dressing room for some wine.

I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I was too concentrated with my
players."