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Leicester boss Craig Shakespeare insists his team are going to Atletico Madrid to win: 'We're not there to make up numbers'

Leicester boss Craig Shakespeare insists the Foxes will not just make up the numbers in the Champions League.

The Premier League champions are the last English club left in the competition and face Atletico Madrid in their quarter-final first leg in Spain on Wednesday.

They are underdogs ahead of the game at the Vicente Calderon, despite having knocked out Atletico's LaLiga rivals Sevilla in the last 16, and are minnows in Europe.

Leicester boss Craig Shakespeare insists his side aren't just in Madrid to make up numbers
Leicester boss Craig Shakespeare insists his side aren't just in Madrid to make up numbers

Shakespeare said: 'We have enjoyed it but make no mistake we're there to compete and not to make the numbers up.