Drinkwater eyes knockout stages

Leicester City midfielder Danny Drinkwater believes his side can take a massive step towards the Champions League knockout stages by beating FC Copenhagen.

The Foxes have made a perfect start to their first-ever campaign in the competition, claiming victories over Club Brugge and FC Porto, with Drinkwater hoping they can make it three out of three on Tuesday evening at the King Power Stadium.

If we can win our first three games, there’s not much more we can do.

Danny Drinkwater

The England international told his club’s official website: “We’re just taking the games as they come. First and foremost we need to win this next one. If we get into the knockout stages, then perfect, it will be a great experience.

“It’s a massive game for the group. If we can win our first three games, there’s not much more we can do.

“It (winning) might give you an edge. Again, whoever the losing side is, it might give them motivated to want to beat them in the second game.”

A Leicester win over Copenhagen is priced at 21/20, with the Foxes 5/1 to claim a 1-0 victory and 2/7 to go on and top Group C.

Meanwhile, Foxes boss Claudio Ranieri has confirmed that summer midfield recruit Nampalys Mendy is facing around a further month out of action after being forced to undergo surgery on an ankle injury picked up against Arsenal last month.

He added: “Mendy was unlucky. In the last training session he had a little fracture of the bone. I think he is in surgery just to clean this little fragment of bone out.

“It depends how long, it could be four weeks or five weeks, I don’t know. He was an unlucky man.”

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