Shakespeare calls for streetwise Foxes

Champions League: Leicester boss urges cool heads as Atletico bring narrow lead into second leg

Leicester boss Craig Shakespeare has warned the Foxes against falling for Atletico Madrid’s gamesmanship.

The 53-year-old has urged his side to keep their cool ahead of tonight’s Champions League quarter-final second leg at the King Power Stadium.

Leicester lost last week’s first leg 1-0 after Antoine Griezmann’s controversial penalty but are set to welcome back captain Wes Morgan after he missed the last six games with a back injury.

Morgan watched on in Madrid, with Atletico boss Diego Simeone and the hosts keen to see Jamie Vardy booked – which would have forced him out of the second leg – while sports scientist Tom Joel was sent from the dug-out after the Atletico bench complained when he handed out water to Marc Albrighton.

But Shakespeare wants his side to be streetwise when they try to overturn the deficit for a place in the semi-finals.

He said: “Our players have to be smart, we have to take our own house and get that in order, we can’t worry about the opposition’s bench – we’ll let the officials take care of that.

“We have to be mindful in terms of us being smart and our game management has to be good. We have to be aware of all those things. Ultimately we have to get our own house in order.

“We will focus on ourselves but be aware of Atletico. We know what we have to do and we can’t sit back for 90 minutes because we need to score.

“There are different ways and come the game we’ll find out if we’ve found a solution.”

Christian Fuchs is expected to start, Islam Slimani is struggling with a groin injury and Nampalys Mendy is sidelined with an ankle injury, while Robert Huth is banned.

In tonight’s other tie, Bayern Munich welcome back Robert Lewandowski as they go into the second leg of their quarter-final with Real Madrid at the Bernabeu trailing 2-1.

The striker missed the Allianz Arena clash with a shoulder injury but returns to boost Bayern’s hopes of turning the tie around tonight.

We have to be mindful in termsofus being smart and our game management has to be good. CRAIG SHAKESPEARE