Christian Eriksen aims to help Tottenham turn up heat on Leicester City

Christian Eriksen is desperate to have the last laugh in his friendly feud with Kasper Schmeichel as Tottenham’s title rivalry with Leicester gets serious.

Spurs trail Leicester by eight points in the Premier League heading into their match at Stoke tonight, with the Foxes rescuing a point at home to West Ham yesterday.

Eriksen has been trying to stoke the fire over the last few weeks by sending texts to his Danish team-mate Schmeichel and last month he joked it might not be a bad thing if the goalkeeper returned from international duty with a niggle or two.