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Leicester boss Ruud van Nistelrooy, speaking to BBC Match of the Day after defeat to Newcastle: "Very difficult, especially after 33 minutes. We lost another game starting with the best intentions. We lost another early goal. It's very disappointing and worrying.

"It's a big challenge. We all know the run of form we're in. It's extremely difficult. Especially if there aren't points to build on.

"The most difficult thing is we are in a place for such a long time and there are no results.

"We want to show what we're about and show our qualities but we aren't able to.

"I want the club to do well. The club is first and that is something to consider. It is hard because I came to the club to help it forward, but it is clear there haven't been enough results to get points on the board and that's not good enough."

Did you know?

• Ruud van Nistelrooy is only the second manager in Premier League history to lose eight successive home games in the competition, after Daniel Farke in September 2021 with Norwich City.

Charlotte Coates
BBC Sport journalist

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Things just continue to go from bad to worse for Leicester as they move even closer to relegation from the Premier League.

Their fate is not yet mathematically sealed, but it is just a matter of weeks until it will be confirmed they will be playing Championship football next season.

After a bright start from Jamie Vardy in the opening 20 seconds, things quickly went downhill as Jacob Murphy latched on to Tino Livramento's fine cross to make it 1-0.

Murphy then quickly made it 2-0 after tracking the rebound from Fabian Schar's attempted goal of the season from inside his own half.

To rub salt into Leicester's wounds, former Foxes winger Harvey Barnes netted the third in what was a rampant first half from Eddie Howe's side.

For Leicester, they made their way into the history for all the wrong reasons as they became the first side in Football League history to lose eight home league games in a row without scoring.

On top that, Leicester also became the first in the club's history to lose 11 games at home in a single league campaign in their 141-year history.

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Leicester should have been relegated immediately for what they did at Etihad Stadium last Wednesday.

For a team who are desperate for a win, they showed absolutely zero attacking intent even when they went two goals down.

All they were interested in was building a wall and just stopping Manchester City. I felt sorry for their travelling fans because the team offered no threat whatsoever, and didn't even try to score.

I can understand that everyone has a gameplan, but usually that changes when you go a goal or two behind. At 2-0, however, Leicester took their star striker Jamie Vardy off to put another midfielder on.

That tells you where Leicester are at right now - it felt like they were waving the white flag and going for damage limitation, rather than thinking they might as well give it a go and risk conceding more goals.

We know how nervy Manchester City have been this season, and Leicester caused them problems when they had a go at them at King Power Stadium at the end of last year.

This time, there was none of that. They were pretty pathetic and you have got to question what their manager Ruud van Nistelrooy was thinking.

His team have lost their past seven league games and have not scored in any of them, and it is even longer since they managed a point or a league goal at home.

That is not going to change here. Newcastle got an important win over Brentford in midweek to show there was no hangover from their Carabao Cup celebrations.

Even if they hit the hotel mini-bar again on Sunday night, it wouldn't matter - they would still beat Leicester.

Sutton's prediction: 0-2

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