It was the former AC Milan vice-president Adriano Galliani who revealed after a Serie A win against Bologna some years back that the secret recipe for success that particular day was playing the Champions League anthem in the dressing room before the game started.
Such was Milan’s command of the continent, it was difficult to rouse the squad for mere league fixtures and so he tried to trick them into performing like it was in Europe. Claudio Ranieri might want to consider something similar.
There are two Leicester City sides this season — and indeed two versions of Riyad Mahrez.