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Ahead of Leicesters trip to Arsenal, Soccer Saturdays Johnny Phillips spoke to Riyad Mahrez about the Foxes unexpected title bid, their Super Sunday test at the Emirates and scoring that goal at Manchester City... It is hard to pin down what the best bit about Leicesters second goal against Manchester City last weekend actually was.It was a typically thrilling counter-attack. There was the power of NGolo Kante as he brushed off his assailants. And then Riyad Mahrezs clever dink over the hapless lunge of Nicolas Otamendi. Jamie Vardy Exclusive Jamie Vardy says Leicester can hurt Arsenal Next there was his feint left and switch to the right, which left Martin Demichelis turned like a pub player. And it was all topped off by the thumping finish past Joe Hart with his weaker right foot. Riyad Mahrez fires in Leicesters second at Man City It was Mahrezs best goal of the season, he said so himself. But how he scored it? Hes not sure.When I came into the one versus one with Demichelis I thought that hed think I would go left because Im left-footed. That came into my head but so quickly. You dont have time to think really, you just do your things. Its a little bit of thinking about it and then the rest is just…well, I dont know…just me. You dont control things like that. Mahrez appears to have the ball on the end of a piece of string, such is his mastery and control of it, but he hasnt always played with such confidence.His first season in England could even be called anonymous, with infrequent glimpses of his true potential. He didnt convince Claudio Ranieri straight away either; the manager dropped him to the bench for successive games against Norwich and Southampton in October. Goals & assists Riyad Mahrez is the first Premier League player to hit double figures for both goals (14) and assists (10) this season. The explanation then was that he may be tired after international appearances for Algeria, but there was an underlying doubt about his ability to perform consistently at the highest level.Another Algerian in this country is his international midfield team-mate Adlene Guedioura of Watford. I spoke to Guedioura this week about Mahrez and what it is that makes him so unique. Are Leicester the new Forest? Exploring the similarities between Claudio Ranieris Leicester and Brian Cloughs Nottingham Forest. He plays every match as if it is a five-a-side. Guedioura believes Mahrez is one of a kind in his carefree approach to football - be it in training, the Premier League or at international level. He goes out to play with the idea of having fun.Leicesters players are so obviously enjoying this incredible season. It is part of what has got them to where they are. The pressure has never been on. Now, for the first time, they are being tipped to actually go on and win the Premier League. Mahrez believes nothing much has changed, but admits the players are eyeing top spot come May. When you taste first place, if you then go and finish fourth you will be disappointed. But theres no pressure, just positive pressure. Riyad Mahrez To be first is something special. Especially for Leicester, were not used to this, Mahrez explains. When you taste first place, if you then go and finish fourth you will be disappointed. But theres no pressure, just positive pressure.Sundays trip to Arsenal ends a run of three supposedly tough games. The way Liverpool and Manchester City have been swept aside, no-one would rule out another victory. The trip to the capital is one Mahrez is looking forward to. Leicesters unheralded stars We look at some of Leicesters less heralded stars and why they left their former clubs Home games are fantastic with our fans, but the away games are good because weve won a lot, he said. Maybe we find more space in [away games] especially against the big teams because they have more of the ball.Is surrendering possession something he and his team-mates are comfortable with? We never have possession anyway, its not our quality. We prefer to leave the ball, be solid and then counter-attack.Mahrez and Jamie Vardy are the headline acts at Leicester. The two of them are frontrunners to be named as PFA Player of the Year. Ranieris team have quality right the way through, though, and there is one player Mahrez singles out for special praise. Who has the best midfield? We analyse the key midfielders at Leicester, Tottenham, Arsenal and Man City NGolo Kante. Hes phenomenal. Hes everywhere on the pitch. Hes a very big player, says Mahrez.At £5.5m Kante didnt come quite as cheaply as the £400,000 bargain Mahrez, but hes another success for the clubs recruitment department. The side that won so well at the Etihad Stadium was assembled for several million pounds less than City paid for Otamendi alone.Arsenal have been served a warning. Should another title rival be conquered on Sunday, Leicester will have an even firmer grip on top spot. Now, its still a dream, adds Mahrez. Well see when were going to wake up.Riyad Mahrez was speaking at Wigston Academy ahead of the Playstation Schools Cup tournament.Watch Arsenal v Leicester live on Sky Sports 1 HD from 11.30am on Sunday Also See: Key battle: Koscielny v Vardy Title race: Fear and cheer Leicester 2-5 Arsenal - how they won This time last year... Mark Clayton Jersey . Pettersen, winner of last years Evian Championships, had nine birdies and three bogeys, holding off a series of challengers led by Marion Ricordeau of France. The second-ranked Norwegian made her season debut after missing the LPGA Tours opening event last month in the Bahamas because of a shoulder injury. Christian Wilkins Youth Jersey . 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RIO DE JANEIRO -- Monica Puig still had goosebumps well after the biggest win of her career.The Puerto Rican tennis player routed French Open champion Garbine Muguruza 6-1, 6-1 on Tuesday to reach the Olympic quarterfinals.You just go in shock, she said.Even with the big lead, keeping it together through those last couple of games was tricky.You start getting emotional, and theres no hiding it, the 22-year-old Puig said. You start feeling those butterflies, those nerves. Its all of that coming out.You keep that all bottled up, and its like a Coca-Cola bottle -- you shake it, shake it, shake it, its going to explode. I just tried to not explode until the right moment, and it worked.Ranked 34th in the world, Puig has never reached the quarterfinals at a Grand Slam. Now shes two wins from an Olympic medal -- and playing on the half of the draw thats missing top-ranked Serena Williams, who lost later Tuesday.Puig will face a player with a similar ranking for a spot in the semifinals: No. 32 Laura Siegemund, a 28-year-old German who is having a career year. Siegemund won her first WTA title at the Swedish Open last month.Five of the top-six seeded players have already lost on the womens side.In 2013 at the French Open, Puig became the first woman representing Puerto Rico to reach the third round at a major in the Open era, which began in 1968. But at her first Ollympics, her nationality takes on much more resonance.ddddddddddddWhen Im playing in the WTA, its more like Im playing for myself -- my job, lets say, she said. Here, its not really my job. Its for my country, and I think nothing in the world can compare to that. Its the most special feeling when you put on your colors of your country and youre walking around the Olympic Village and everybody looks to see your country on the back of your shirt.Muguruza is also 22, and shes already a major champion. But after beating Williams in the final at Roland Garros for her first Grand Slam title, the Spaniard lost in the second round at Wimbledon. She had 29 unforced errors to 15 winners on Tuesday.Muguruza said shes handled that French Open win just fine, that she hasnt played enough since to draw any conclusions about the state of her game.The year is long, she said. You never know what can happen.And though she was seeded third and has won a major title this year, Muguruza insisted that I was not expecting to come here and go with the gold medal at her first Olympics.She won her second-round doubles match with Carla Suarez Navarro later in the day and will play mixed doubles with Rafael Nadal.Im over it, Muguruza said of the singles loss. ' ' '