Leicester City goalkeeper Danny Ward insists the players aren't thinking about relegation.

After manager Brendan Rodgers said earlier this week that the team's aim is to get 40 points, Ward echoed that but insisted the R-word is not on the minds of the players.

“We're not thinking about a relegation battle, we know what we've got in the changing room and around the club," he said.

"It's just a case of putting in performances that will get us results and 40 points has always been the first milestone and then we go again from there. In terms of relegation we've still got another 32 [games] to go, nobody is saying someone is going to win the league after six games.

"Nobody knows what's going to happen. It's about going again which is the oldest cliché but probably the most real scenario."