Lester City coach Brendan Rodgers said that experts largely ignore his team when talking about the teams who are nominated for the Premier League title, although he has become the closest leader in Liverpool, but Leicester is used to this.
Leicester City set the club record for victory for the eighth time in a row in the League of Lights after Jimmy Vardy scored two goals in a remarkable 4-1 victory at Aston Villa in the Premier League on Sunday.
Lester maintained second place with 38 points from 16 games, eight points behind leaders Liverpool, and 6 points ahead of third-placed Manchester City.
"I don't think anyone expected us to compete for the lead, but this does not bother me, it is part of the game," Rodgers said.
"After Manchester United beat Manchester City, I read a title after the match about how far away City had been from leaders Liverpool without mentioning us. We respect this and focus on our mission."
Vardy leads the league's top scorer with 16 goals, while Lester has kept his net seven times clear, which is more than any other club. But Rodgers said it was "normal" to exclude Lister winner in the 2015-2016 season from the competition.
"Manchester City and Liverpool are great teams in the league and they showed last year how efficient the squad is. For us we always strive to improve and narrow the difference ... My team has ranked ninth in the past two seasons."
"Foxes" will host Norwich City, who are in the penultimate position next Saturday.
It is noteworthy that Lester wrote a football epic in the Premier League 2015-2016 season by winning for the first time in his history the title of Premier League, after he topped the table with 81 points and ten points behind Arsenal, who are in second place.
Most optimists of the day were not expecting the "foxes" to overtake England's senior and win the title with a large group of unknown players. Top-scorer Fardi was ranked second in the list of scorers with 24 goals and only one goal difference from Haren Kane, who was crowned top scorer in the championship.