Claudio Ranieri insists his immediate impact at Leicester cannot be used to judge Antonio Conte, equating last season's Premier League title triumph to the winemaker who achieves a once-in-a-generation vintage.
The Leicester manager called the 2015-16 campaign a special bottle and said compatriot Conte would instead require a year to squeeze the best from his players.
Conte enjoyed good form initially but has won only one of the past four Premier League games, suffering defeats to Liverpool and Arsenal, and is already looking to January for reinforcements.
Ranieri backed Leicester’s opponents in Saturday's early kick-off to finish the campaign in the top four but stressed time was required for the Chelsea manager to shift the style of play to his desires.