On Monday, defending EPL champion Chelsea faces Leicester City, which leads the Blues by 17 points after 15 games. In a rare admission of support for another team and its coach, Jose Mourinhobacked Leicester to win the title and believes Claudio Ranieri is the manager of the season. “They deserve to be where they are,” he said. “I said a few weeks ago that I did notbelieve that they could be champions, maybe I need to reconsider. It would be something magnificent, something to impress the football world.” They are there because they are doing well. If Leicesterare where they are its because the manager and players are doing magnificent.”