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Drinkwater hints at long Leicester throw-ins for Atletico Madrid return bout

Leicester City midfielder Danny Drinkwater reckons that the Foxes can trouble Atletico Madrid with long throw-ins in Tuesday's Champions League return tie.

Atletico won the first leg of the quarter-final 1-0 at the Vicente Calderon on Wednesday, and the Spaniards will now travel to the King Power Stadium for the second leg in which Leicester can worry them with Christian Fuchs' 'hail mary' sidelined throw-ins.

"We've scored goals from it before," said Drinkwater after Leicester's Robert Huth scored a head goal from a Fuchs throw-in in Saturday's 2-2 draw with Crystal Palace.

"It's as effective as a corner and we will carry on using it.

"It might be something Madrid are not used to."

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