Claudio Ranieri hopes ‘Dragon Slayer’ puts Porto to sword

Leicester boss Claudio Ranieri wants ‘Dragon Slayer’ Islam Slimani to live up to his billing when the Foxes host Porto in the Champions League tonight.

The striker picked up the nickname at former club Sporting Lisbon having scored five goals in his last three games against Porto, who are called the Dragons. He netted in his final appearance for Sporting, against Porto, when they won 2-1 last month before he completed a club record £29 million (€33m) move to Leicester on deadline day.

The Portuguese side, the 2004 Champions League winners, come to the King Power Stadium already trailing the Foxes by two points in Group G after the opening round of fixtures.