Marc Albrighton hopes Aston Villa take inspiration from Leicester's escape
Friday 15 January 2016 23:15, UK
Lifelong Aston Villa fan Marc Albrighton believes the Premier League's bottom club can take inspiration from Leicester City and escape relegation this season.
Albrighton will be back at Villa Park on Saturday Night Football, live on Sky Sports 1, hoping to further consolidate Leicester's title challenge just 12 months after the Foxes were scrambling in the relegation zone.
Remi Garde's side remain eight points from safety despite picking up their second win of the season against Crystal Palace on Tuesday, but Albrighton insists Leicester's incredible escape last season and subsequent surge this term should serve as a blueprint for Villa.
"They will probably take heart from what we did last year," he said.
"I'm sure that will get mentioned around Bodymoor Heath training ground that we managed to do it last season, so why can't they pull it off this time?
"They will take confidence from the win against Palace and come Saturday it is going to be a tough game. Just because they are bottom of the league there are no easy games to be played."
Albrighton, 26, came up through the ranks at Villa but completed a move across the Midlands to Leicester when he was released at the end of his contract.
"It is not nice at all, I'm a Villa fan since I was born and it was drummed into me," he added.
"It is horrible to see where they are and I would love nothing more than them to escape it. I know it is not looking great for them, it is looking quite bleak, I'd love them to escape it but obviously after Saturday is out of the way.
"I hope they have got what it takes and I hope they have the characters in the squad. They have made a lot of changes since I was there, there are a lot of new faces so it is difficult for me to see.
"I know from the lads I speak to who are still there that they will give their all and hopefully that will get them out of it."
Live Ford Saturday Night Football
