Van Nistelrooy resigned to relegation as Leicester lose again | OneFootball

Ruud van Nistelrooy has admitted the gap to 17th place is ‘too much’ for Leicester after his side lost 2-0 at Manchester City.

Leicester’s woeful record extended to 14 league defeats in 15 games as goals from Jack Grealish and Omar Marmoush earned Manchester City the points at the Etihad.

The Foxes have picked up just seven points from Van Nistelrooy’s 17 games in charge and are now 12 points from safety, following Wolves’ win over West Ham on Tuesday night.

Speaking to Sky Sports at full-time, Van Nistelrooy reflected on the latest loss and admitted he is resigned to relegation.

“Bad start. Concede early and then a second at 29 minutes. Then we have to control to make sure it’s not three or four at half-time.

“Not scoring, losing games, bad start is extra hard to recover from. Situation we’re in, only by hard work can we get out. The gap is huge now it’s a challenge. Nevertheless we have eight games to play and we have to represent ourselves in the best possible way and that’s a challenge.”

Leicester have now failed to score in seven straight games with their last goal in the Premier League coming at Spurs on January 26th. The irony of that record was not lost on Van Nistelrooy, regarded as one of the greatest goalscorers in Premier League history.

“Ironic isn’t it? Hard for all of us. We’re working, trying things. We want to improve, the two goals we conceded are our own mistakes and you can’t afford that especially away at City. Scoring goals is a problem, the ball doesn’t seem to go in.

“Today before the game I mentioned it because the gap was already big. I asked the players that the remanining moments we have at this level we have to make the most of it no matter the table or the score in the game. We have to go from first to last minute and give it everything.

“We can be real about it, 12 points eight games to play. It’s a very big difference, too much. Focus on game to game and presenting ourselves in the best possible way. That is the main target now.”

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