Leicester must be 'more clinical' - Cifuentes

Leicester's 27 shots against Sheffield Wednesday is their most in a match since February 2019

Leicester City manager Marti Cifuentes said his side must be "more clinical" after their comeback win against crisis-hit Sheffield Wednesday.

The Foxes tallied 27 shots in total during their Championship campaign opener on Sunday, 13 of them on target, but required a late goal from substitute Wout Faes to down their 10-man visitors.

Faes's 87th-minute winner came via Bilal El Khannouss' delivery from one of Leicester's 13 corners, with the sought-after Moroccan playmaker also assisting centre-back Jannik Vestergaard from a free-kick for the equaliser earlier in the second half.

Admitting his new side were "slow" in their ball movement during a first half which saw them fall behind, Cifuentes said the second period showed more promising signs in terms of both player positioning and pace on the ball.

"From there we created many clear goal chances, and we need to get better at being more clinical on those ones," the Spanish coach added.

Bilal El Khannouss' two assists means he is one short of his total for last season

But Cifuentes lauded Leicester's "mental capacity" to come from behind and the "fantastic impact" of his second-half introductions including Faes and Patson Daka, who also came close to finding the back of the net late on.

When asked about both goals being scored by defenders at set-pieces, he told BBC Radio Leicester: "I don't have any big preference on the way we score, as long as we score. It's important that we have different tools to create chances.

"The important thing is that we score, no matter if it's the centre halves or the strikers."

On his appreciation for Leicester's fans following his arrival last month, Cifuentes added: "Hopefully we can build something very strong together.

"We're going to try and work as hard as we can to give them good evenings, good afternoons, good results, good football, and hopefully they will appreciate that.

Leicester are next in action against League One side Huddersfield Town in the first round of the Carabao Cup on Wednesday, followed by a league trip to Preston North End on Saturday.