Premier League: Ten talking points ahead of the weekend

The Champions League finalists meet, Manchester United begin a daunting run and Wolves face their bogey team.

ELITE CLASH: Manchester City's Sergio Aguero under pressure from Chelsea's Cesar Azpilicueta and N'Golo Kante when the Champions League finalists clashed oin domestic fare. Pic: Rich Linley, CameraSport via Getty Images

1) Foxes need points in the bank before hectic run.

Leicester require eight points from their four remaining matches to be certain of concluding an excellent season with Champions League qualification. They need to get those points as fast as they can for the sake of their nerves and so as not to encourage West Ham, who have a relatively benign run-in. Failure to beat Newcastle on Friday on the back of last week’s draw with 10-man Southampton would ramp up the pressure on Brendan Rodgers’ team, whose schedule after that gets highly intense. In a seven-day period, Leicester will play league games against Manchester United and Chelsea either side of the FA Cup final. Newcastle have improved recently but still need points to be sure of dodging relegation; Friday’s showdown at the King Power could be a belter.