Leicester steeled for winning start at Hull

Leicester City begin their Premier League title defence at Hull City on Saturday knowing they will have their work cut out to upstage the big clubs again following a summer of big spending. Claudio Ranieri, mastermind of last season's unlikely title triumph, is acutely aware of how much harder things will be this time around and will be keen to make a winning start. "We'll defend very strongly our trophy but I think there are big teams now who last season made mistakes," Ranieri told Sky Sports.