Drinkwater faces missing rest of Leicester's season

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LONDON (Reuters) - Leicester City midfielder Danny Drinkwater is almost certain to miss his side's last three games of the season because of a thigh injury, manager Craig Shakespeare said on Thursday.

Champions Leicester, who guaranteed their Premier League survival last week with a 3-0 victory over Watford, face Manchester City on Saturday when they could also be without central defender Robert Huth who has a foot injury.

"We need to give him (Drinkwater) time to recover from this. I can't see him playing this season. It is weeks rather than months," Shakespeare told reporters.

Leicester are also missing defender Wes Morgan due to injury.

(Reporting by Martyn Herman, editing by Ed Osmond)