Claudio Ranieri reiterates 40-point target for Leicester City

Claudio Ranieri surveys the pitch ahead of the Premier League game between Sunderland and Leicester City on April 10, 2016
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Leicester City manager Claudio Ranieri reiterates that survival is the main priority for the defending Premier League champions this season.

Leicester City manager Claudio Ranieri has reiterated that the club's first target this season should be to reach 40 points.

The Foxes defied all expectations last season by turning themselves from relegation favourites into Premier League title winners, and throughout that run Ranieri repeatedly insisted that survival was still the main goal.

The Italian is taking the same approach this time around despite going into the campaign as defending champions, and hopes to get three points towards that target when they host Swansea City on Saturday.

"I am very focused to achieve 40 points, this is our target. It's the same target of last season, we don't change our minds and it's important to be focused on our job," he told reporters.

"It's not so stressful. It's good to get points - we're at home, we want to win. It will be a different game from last season."

Leicester have picked up just one point from their opening two league games of the new season.

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