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​Striker Vardy relaxed over Leicester leading the pack

Jamie Vardy has refused to put any title pressure on Leicester ahead of their trip to rivals Arsenal.

The Gunners are third, level on points with Tottenham, but despite Leicester's five point lead Vardy believes they have to stay calm.

"We're just enjoying it aren't we? We're just enjoying the ride," said the England striker, speaking at a FIFA 16 event.

"If you start thinking about it too much it's going to affect you, it's as simple as that.

"We'll just continue to do exactly the same thing we've done all season.

"They're (Arsenal) up there, we're up there, (Manchester) City are, Tottenham, Manchester United might be 10 points adrift but the way this season's going those 10 points can be picked up quickly.

"We'll just take every game as it comes, knuckle down and hopefully keep picking points up."

Claudio Ranieri's side have lost just twice in the league all season, once to Arsenal when they went down 5-2 in September, and Vardy knows the challenge they face this weekend.

He said: "No doubt it will be tough (against Arsenal), we know the players they've got are world class but although we lost 5-2 when we played them last time we did show that we can hurt them.

"I think it'll be a matter of us tightening up a bit defensively which, as we've seen, we've kept a lot of clean sheets recently.

"It's going to be a good, entertaining game."

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