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Leicester Metropolis boss Ruud van Nistelrooy believes his aspect can nonetheless escape relegation to the Championship – offering they will flip good performances into factors.
The Foxes performed properly within the first half in opposition to Crystal Palace final night time however the Londoners improved after the break and, in the end, cruised to a 2-0 win on the King Energy Stadium.
It was the sixth league defeat on the trot for Leicester with Van Nistelrooy not making the impression the membership hoped once they appointed him to switch the sacked Steve Cooper.
However the Dutchman has not given up hope, regardless of the membership sitting in nineteenth place within the Premier League, two factors from security.
On our place within the league 🔵
“We desperately wish to be out of this example, and we all know each recreation that we’re not amassing factors makes it harder. There are three or 4 groups very shut collectively, it’s as much as us to make it occur.” pic.twitter.com/RkNPjSISyT
— Leicester Metropolis (@LCFC) January 16, 2025
He mentioned: “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. We all know solely factors can get us out of the scenario.”
Subsequent up is a house recreation with Fulham on Saturday afternoon.
Van Nistelrooy added: “Desperately we wish to be out of that scenario by the top of Might and we all know that each recreation that we don’t accumulate, that’s one recreation gone and it makes it harder.
“We additionally know we’re ready with three or 4 groups very shut collectively, they’re additionally dropping factors and that makes the scenario nonetheless potential. Nevertheless it’s as much as us to begin amassing, we’re fed up of that [performance and no result].”
Van Nistelrooy hoping so as to add to Coulibaly signing
Leicester made their first January signing yesterday by bringing in full-back Woyo Coulibaly from Parma for £3million.
The 25-year-old has not but been in a position to practice, nonetheless, and is probably not thrown in on the weekend.
Van Nistelrooy added: “Right this moment he wasn’t in a position to practice with the crew as a result of we’re finalising the paperwork. So we’re ready on as we speak, if he can practice with the crew.
“Clearly we have now to evaluate him and it’s one coaching session earlier than the sport. We’ll see if we will get him concerned within the recreation on Saturday. I believe that would be the most potential.”
Van Nistelrooy hopes Coulibaly would be the first of a number of additions within the January window. He mentioned: “We’re engaged on it, on each risk that we will add. Everlasting and mortgage as properly, inside the opportunity of the membership. We would have liked an additional right-back due to the harm to Ricardo [Pereira]. Hopefully we will add some extra.”
