Angry Leicester fans turned on the club's board after they were thumped at home by dominant Brentford.

The Foxes suffered a sixth straight Premier League home defeat without scoring - the longest ever run by a top-flight side within a single season - as goals from Yoane Wissa, Bryan Mbeumo, Christian Norgaard and Fabio Carvalho eased the Bees to victory.

Leicester supporters chanted against director of football Jon Rudkin and vented their fury with 'sack the board' as the club's survival hopes suffered another damaging blow with a 10th defeat in 11 games.

Boss Ruud Van Nistelrooy has won just two of his 13 league games since his November appointment, with his struggling side second bottom and two points from safety.

The Foxes have now not scored at home in the league for 75 days and Jamie Vardy was twice denied by Brentford keeper Mark Flekken early on, but there was little other promise once Thomas Frank's men took control.

The first goal after 17 minutes from Wissa followed muted chants for the removal of Rudkin, but the growing number of empty seats at the King Power made more of an impression, including the mass walkout of fans after the Bees added to their tally.

The dissent grew louder when Mbeumo curled in a 27th-minute second and Norgaard nodded in a third five minutes later as Brentford, who climbed to 10th, ripped through the hosts en route to sealing back-to-back league wins for the first time this season.

Kevin Schade headed against the post and Keane Lewis-Potter's disallowed goal for handball denied the Bees a fourth before the break.

Mads Hermansen's fine save then thwarted Yehor Yarmoliuk in the second half, but substitute Carvalho finally added a fourth from close range with a minute left as the visitors claimed a league double over Leicester for the first time since the 1952-53 campaign.

The King Power was barely a quarter full by the time the game finished.

It was a sorry sight after another wretched defeat which underlined struggling Leicester's top-flight deficiencies.

Hundreds of supporters headed for the exits when Norgaard headed in a third Brentford goal after just 32 minutes, signifying the fury from fans towards their club.

Apart from Boubakary Soumare and keeper Hermansen arguing after conceding the late fourth, there was little fight from the hosts.

There was perhaps a sense of resignation to their plight as only a few of the squad acknowledged the fans at the end.

Even then they barely ventured beyond the halfway line before heading to the dressing room, while the under-pressure van Nistelrooy made a quiet exit.

"You have to acknowledge it's a huge step back," the Dutchman said after the game.

"We have to acknowledge it. The level between Brentford and us was significant and a worry for future hopes for us."

The Foxes are only two points from safety despite their current wretched run but, on Friday's evidence, they need to find more courage and show more quality to avoid an immediate return to the Championship.

Brentford had only won three times away from home in the league before Friday's victory but they were in cruise control once Wissa opened the scoring with a close-range finish after a lovely chipped through-ball from Mikkel Damsgaard.

It was just a fifth away win in 15 games in all competitions, which included a League Cup exit to Newcastle - a run which derailed their hopes of playing European football next season.

But this impressive victory moved them just four points behind the seventh-placed Magpies and seven off Manchester City in fourth spot.

After Wednesday's trip to Everton they face Aston Villa, Bournemouth and Newcastle – all sides rivalling them for a place in Europe – and a good run of results would renew belief they could achieve their goal - just 11 years since promotion from League One.

Boss Frank has helped build a stylish, enthusiastic, classy squad and, with a top-seven spot within reach, few would bet against the club taking another major step forward on their impressive recent journey.

"That is a big, big aim," Frank said when asked about his side's European ambitions.

"We have dreams, we want to aim as high as possible no doubt about that and we want to push. It is the first time we had back-to-back wins, we need more further down the line before we can really dream. We are in a good place and can keep pushing."