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Filipe Luis: Leicester are like Atletico

Atletico Madrid defender Filipe Luis has compared Leicester City to his own side, as both continue to defy bigger-spending rivals.

Leicester have managed to keep the likes of Manchester City, Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester United out of the Premier League title race this season - having lost just three league games.

"Look at what is happening this year with Leicester, they are a modest team and are almost champions in the Premier League," he said.

"Epic things happen in football. Although there's a difference in our budgets we are the team that plays most as a team.

"We don't have a megastar, we have a team where everyone runs, everyone fights for the player next to them, and that makes us stronger.

"The team thinks a lot collectively, nobody thinks individually, that's the most positive things that we have.

"We've had a lot of bad and good moments in the season and now we are stable, we have players who are getting better and better."