But surprisingly, the former Chelsea boss has persevered with the Belgian midfielder. Despite chances to kill the game off, most notably from Diego Costa, Leicester to their credit took us towards extra time and could have nicked it late on themselves. The midfielder has not played since suffering a hamstring injury on the first day of the season and is out of Saturdays clash with Chelsea. Shay Given, Glenn Whelan, Jon Walters and Bojan failed to make his starting line-up. “But having seen us on away trips, I know we love a sing-song on the bus. Mark Hughes wielded his axe after another bad day at the office at Crystal Palace. That opened the door for former Derby ‘keeper Lee Grant to make his Stoke debut and Egyptian teenager Ramadan Sobhi to make his first start for the Potters. Kenny Dalglish, then manager of the Magpies never came in with an offer, leaving the Red Devils and the Eagles to fight for the talented player. g in will be world class international players – that is the strength of the Manchester City squad. But the former Sparta Rotterdam and Heerenveen star has already seen enough of the English top-flight to know how difficult it is.