Ranieri hails season's "best performance"

Claudio Ranieri's side produced an impressive performance as they beat Alan Pardew's Crystal Palace 3-1 at the King Power Stadium in a match which saw the former Chelsea boss made a shock decision to drop star striker Jamie Vardy to the bench.

"I feel good. For the first 20 minutes I felt not so good but after that we started to play our pressing, fast football against a very good team," Ranieri told 'BBC Sport'.

"That was our best performance so far this season. It was the shape and model of last season and we concentrated on doing our job. We knew our weaknesses but also strengths.

"This was not a game for Jamie Vardy just like last game was not a game for Riyad Mahrez. I want to rotate my players and now everybody is ready to fight for their place on the pitch".