Ruud van Nistelrooy insisted solely factors can assure Leicester Metropolis’s Premier League survival after a string of fine performances have come away with nothing.
Leicester had been overwhelmed 2-0 by Crystal Palace on Wednesday, leaving them two factors adrift of security after 21 video games of their season up to now.
The Foxes have misplaced every of their final six Premier League video games in succession, their longest run within the competitors since September 2022.
They final endured an extended top-flight shedding streak between March and April 2001, once they misplaced eight in a row below Peter Taylor.
After taking on from Steve Cooper, Van Nistelrooy has misplaced six of his eight Premier League video games accountable for the Foxes, with the Dutchman already shedding extra league video games with Leicester than he did throughout his time at PSV within the Eredivisie in 2022-23 (received 23, drawn six, misplaced 5).
“We’ve talked about it for some time now. It’s a matter of getting these good performances into factors and that’s the goal as a result of we all know the place we’re within the league,” he stated.
“We all know solely factors can get us out of the state of affairs. We desperately need to be out of that state of affairs by the top of Might.
We all know that each recreation that we don’t gather, that’s one recreation gone, and it makes it tougher.
“We additionally know we’re able with three or 4 groups very shut collectively, they’re additionally dropping factors and that makes the state of affairs nonetheless potential.
“Nevertheless it’s as much as us to begin amassing, we’re fed up with that [performance and no result].”
However in an try to enhance their possibilities of beating the drop, Leicester made their first signing of the January window, welcoming defender Woyo Coulibaly from Parma.
Van Nistelrooy revealed that Coulibaly might characteristic of their Premier League conflict towards Fulham this weekend, whereas additionally outlining the golf equipment’ switch plans this month.
“At the moment he wasn’t in a position to practice but with the staff as a result of we’re finalising the paperwork. So we’re ready for at present if he can practice with the staff,” Van Nistelrooy added.
“Now we have to evaluate him, and it’s one coaching session earlier than the sport. We’ll see if we are able to get him concerned within the recreation on Saturday. I believe that would be the most potential.
“We’re engaged on it, on each chance that we are able to add. Everlasting and mortgage as effectively, inside the potential of the membership.
“We wanted an additional right-back due to the harm to Ricardo. Hopefully, we are able to add some extra.”