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Riyad Mahrez has told Sky Sports that Leicester City players did not let Claudio Ranieri down and said criticism is "good for the team" as it spurs them on to prove a point Ranieri was sacked by Leicester nine months after winning the Premier League title, with the club in danger of being relegated. However, since his departure results have improved and Craig Shakespeare has won three games out of three in charge as Leicester have moved away from the bottom three and reached the quarterfinals of the Champions League. "The players and the club know we didn't let Ranieri down so whoever wants to speak can speak," he said. "The criticism doesn't affect us. People speak because it is their job, they have to criticise. We are here to play and to win games. "Criticism is good for the team, it keeps us strong and then we can fight with more power. "We didn't for six, seven months, now we have started. But that doesn't mean everything is good, we've only won three games. We need to keep going because it's not finished." Leicester are the final English team in the Champions League and, although it seems unlikely, Mahrez has not ruled out winning the competition. "The Sevilla game was special," he said. "We knew it would be a tough game but we put the intensity we needed to win the game. "It is very good seeing Leicester in the quarterfinals. We will see if the quarterfinals are the end or if we keep going. "I don't think we can win it but the same was said about the Premier League. But the Champions League has huge, huge teams."
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