Claudio Ranieri reckons winning against Stoke at home was critical for the Foxes as they are going into a tough schedule of games where they have to face the Reds, the Gunners and the Sky Blues in succession.
Beating Stoke means that Leicester is leading the points table by some margin now and even if they drop some points against the big boys in the coming games, it would still keep them in the title race.
On the other hand, if they had not fetched full points on Saturday evening, it would not have left them in that strong a position moving forward. So, Ranieri was a happy man with the positive result that was achieved at the King Power Stadium.