Ruud van Nistelrooy’s torrid time at Leicester exhibits no indicators of stopping.
He’s now the not-so-proud proprietor of a stunning Premier League document.
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Leicester have change into the primary aspect in English top-flight historical past to lose six dwelling video games in a row with out scoring a purpose.
It comes after Friday night’s defeat on the King Energy Stadium which was a 4-0 defeat to Brentford.
Objectives from Yoane Wissa, Kevin Mbeumo, Christian Norgaard and Fabio Carvalho sealed one other crushing defeat for the Foxes.
To make issues worse, throughout their final six dwelling defeats, Van Nistelrooy’s aspect haven’t given followers a single purpose to cheer.
Their final league purpose on the King Energy Stadium got here in a 2-2 draw with Brighton in December.
Of their final six dwelling video games, they’ve misplaced 3-0 to Wolves, 2-0 to Man Metropolis, 2-0 to Crystal Palace, 2-0 to Fulham, 2-0 to Arsenal and now 4-0 to Brentford.
Which means that they’ve conceded 15 objectives throughout these final six fixtures, failing to attain in any respect themselves.
It leaves them in nineteenth within the Premier League and with a league-high of 59 objectives conceded within the marketing campaign to this point.
Followers are outraged by the outcomes, as not solely do they pay to observe their aspect lose, they can not benefit from the comfort of a purpose.
Phoning talkSPORT on Friday night time, many raged on the supervisor, as one supporter merely stated: “He has to go.”
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Leicester’s final six Premier League dwelling video games
| Date | Opponent | Rating |
| 22/12/24 | Wolves | 0-3 |
| 29/12/24 | Man Metropolis | 0-2 |
| 15/01/25 | Crystal Palace | 0-2 |
| 18/01/25 | Fulham | 0-2 |
| 15/02/25 | Arsenal | 0-2 |
| 21/02/25 | Brentford | 0-4 |
Lee, a Leicester fan talking on talkSPORT, stated: “It is a number of the worst footballs that I’ve ever seen down there, and that takes the biscuit for a number of the managers that we have had over time.”
Lee criticised Van Nistelrooy’s determination to play 38-year-old Jamie Vardy for 90 minutes, including that he ‘cannot depend on him to place the ball behind the web’.
Ex-West Ham striker and talkSPORT co-host Carlton Cole stated there was ‘no coronary heart’ from the Leicester aspect.
“They are not even operating,” he stated. “You have to at the least give one thing again to the supervisor.
“It would not seem like they’re placing within the effort for me… they’re being dictated to in their very own gaff. The least of their worries is the board, they want to take a look at themselves.”
One other fan, Josh, stated there was ‘no togetherness or group spirit’, while one other added that Van Nistelrooy would ‘love the sack’.
Talking after the sport, Van Nistelrooy stated: “You must acknowledge it is an enormous step again.
“Total the final degree and the distinction between the extent of Brentford and us was important and a fear for future hopes for us.
“With the squad now we have it is an enormous, big, big mountain to climb to remain on this league, that is the fact. Right this moment it confirmed.
“The state of affairs we’re in is alarming and the mountain now we have to climb is large.”
Their subsequent Premier League sport might be a visit to East London to face West Ham earlier than travelling to Chelsea.
Once they return to the King Energy Stadium, although, it would not look like way more promising. Their subsequent three dwelling video games are Man United, Newcastle and Liverpool.