The Leicester 1 Newcastle 0 match has surely given Rafa Benitez plenty tips on how to approach Sunday and Sunderland…

Leicester 1 Newcastle 0: A positive team-sheet was named with no real shocks. By positive, I mean that neither Riviere or Gouffran started, nor did they get on the pitch (progress).

Leicester fans: ‘Bad time to play a team like Newcastle after they have just appointed a manager, especially one that the players will respect.’

Leicester City are top of the league, with a team to be proud of…and he wanted to talk about the canal that runs through his village and the various pros and cons of that.

Newcastle United looked a bit tighter at Leicester in Rafa’s first game but just where will he get the goals and creativity from in this team?

Jack Colback says that it was ‘unfortunate’ Steve McClaren had to leave but that when you look at what Rafa Benitez has achieved, Newcastle can stay up if they buy into and follow the new Manager’s lead.

Leicester 1 Newcastle 0: What Steve McClaren would have said and what Rafa Benitez actually did say.

Alan Shearer says NUFC have got the right man in charge now to fight relegation and he says he has told Rafa Benitez that he would love to be in Newcastle when a trophy arrives.

After the final whistle at the King Power Stadium, Claudio Ranieri said that he had been proved right about Newcastle United.

Rafa Benitez after Leicester 1 Newcastle 0: “Everything is positive but now we have to give them (Newcastle fans) what they want on the pitch.”