Puel confounds doubters as he makes his mark at Leicester


Soccer Football - Premier League - Brighton & Hove Albion vs Leicester City - The American Express Community Stadium, Brighton, Britain - March 31, 2018 Leicester City's Jamie Vardy celebrates scoring their second goal REUTERS/Toby Melville

He may not have been everyone’s pick to succeed Craig Shakespeare, but after steering Leicester City to a second successive away league victory, at Brighton and Hove Albion, on Saturday, manager Claude Puel is slowly but surely making his mark on the Premier League once again.

Having been sacked by Southampton after a poor end to the 2016/17 campaign -- when Saints failed to score in five of their final six league games -- Puel’s reputation in England was anything but lofty.

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