What Leicester City manager Ruud Van Nistelrooy has to change following crushing loss | OneFootball

The King Power side rests uncomfortably in the relegation battle after 13 games played. A point behind where they were by this time in the tragic Brendan Rodgers campaign which saw the Foxes relegated and our best head coach sacked. Ruud Van Nistelrooy has a lot of work to do and will need much support from Khun Top.

Nevertheless, Leicester's team had an opportunity under Ben Dawson against Brentford to show their new manager they have the determination and quality to take on his ideas and push onwards. Well, a 4-1 defeat after going ahead early on is not a particularly fine showcase.

What Leicester City did wrong

To get hammered so pathetically was quite the feat. Just look at how Brentford dominated the Foxes in every conceivable way: they had 60% possession, a higher passing accuracy with more passes and touches, double the shots on target, more tackles, more aerials won... need I go on? I think the picture is clear.

There was clearly a systematic mistake in the way Leicester City were set up. This can be expected with an interim coach who was adapting from Steve Cooper's system. The primary alteration seemed to be the concession of possession with awkward long balls and incessant sloppy passes out of desperation under pressure. Brentford did well in pressuring this shaky team.

Those long balls rarely ended at their target, and even if they did the opposition would usually win the second ball or prevent further progression with pressure and tackles. That is what Brentford are good at, and exactly what West Ham United will be good at after seeing that performance from the Foxes.

Additionally, three of those goals came down Brentford's left wing against our right-sided defence. The partn... 'disastership' of James Justin and Wout Faes on our right has been shambolic. Caught too high, mistaken passes, poorly timed challenges, a lack of communication, and space left wide open. Although I have not gone to the lengths of collating statistics on this, I can confidently say too many of our concessions from open play have come from our right side.