Can Leicester City Handle the Premiership Title Pressure ?

Leicester City's win against Manchester City on Saturday shows that the EPL title may have a new Leader this Season. However, The manner in which Leicester came to Manchester and won so convincingly on their biggest test of the season was designed to make even the doubters believe. BBCSPORT revealed. It was an emphatic and mature performance that confirmed the tide of opinion is turning. Leicester are no longer viewed as plucky underdogs but as a club in position to make history.

Leicester can no longer portray themselves as being on a fantasy ride with nothing to lose at the end - there should now be disappointment if they do not win the title.

So how will Leicester handle that potent mixture of pressure and expectation?

Former Norwich City striker Chris Sutton outlined the dangers of underdogs being thrust to the front and feeling the weight of expectation.

He recalled how Norwich City let an unlikely title chance slip in the 1992-93 season when they were a point clear with only six games left.

Sutton told BBC Sport: "The longer you stay up there, and the closer you get to seeing it through, the harder it gets. We got through March and were back on the top of the table and it hit us. All of a sudden we started thinking about whether we could actually do it.

"Everywhere we went in Norwich, people would ask 'can we win it?' We were thinking 'how are we still in the race?' We started to wonder 'what if we do win it?'

"It was a kind of pressure that was new to all of us - the manager Mike Walker and the players - and we faltered at the big moments," he added.

"We had two crunch games before Easter against the two other teams challenging and although we beat Aston Villa we lost at home to Manchester United, who had just gone four games without a win."

United went on to win the title and Norwich City finished third.

Leicester forward Riyad Mahrez said: "We're just going to keep dreaming, We're going to fight for the title and see what we can do."

The pinch points may arrive - but there has not been a trace of evidence yet to suggest Leicester will crack.