Leicester City’s hopes of difficult for promotion again to the Premier League hinge on addressing their erratic kind, says ahead Bobby De Cordova-Reid.
The Foxes have gained simply two of their seven Championship video games up to now month – a run which has them languishing within the backside half of the desk in 14th place.
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A ninetieth-minute purpose from Jannik Vestergaard rescued a point for the Foxes at Wrexham on Tuesday evening, which meant they moved to inside 5 factors of the play-off spots regardless of slipping one place within the standings.
Leicester’s ambition from the second they suffered their second relegation from the Premier League in three years was to make an immediate top-flight return, as they did two seasons in the past as Championship title winners.
Challenging for an computerized promotion spot, nonetheless, seems more and more unlikely with Leicester 12 factors adrift of the highest two with 18 matches remaining.
When requested if Leicester’s attentions at the moment are shifting to making an attempt to land a spot within the high six and constructing a run that might take them up by way of the play-offs, De Cordova-Reid admitted the Foxes “need to get back to winning ways”.
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“The inconsistency hasn’t been good enough from us,” he instructed BBC Radio Leicester.
“We need to put a run together and we need to put good performances together over a 90-minute period.”
Marti Cifuentes’ Foxes have strung collectively again-to-again wins within the league solely twice this time period, whereas their longest unbeaten run was an eight-recreation sequence between late August and mid-October that included 5 attracts.
Leicester have additionally mixed one of many league’s extra prolific assaults with one of many division’s worst defensive information.
While simply 5 groups have netted extra targets than Leicester, solely two have let in additional than the 41 the Foxes have conceded to date.
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They have saved solely three clear sheets within the league this season, with their final within the Championship coming in September.
“First and foremost, we have to get back to keeping a clean sheet and building from there,” De Cordova-Reid stated.
“When I talk about clean sheets it starts with us boys at the top [end of the pitch] and as a collective we need to work on that. Hopefully we can go into games with that mindset.
“I really feel like we’re all the time going to attain and create possibilities, however as a staff we have to preserve the ball out of our web.”