New Leicester City manager Ruud Van Nistelrooy had his Premier League welcome party ruined as his side suffered a 4-1 loss against Brentford. The former Manchester United interim manager who did not loss any match during his time as interim manager of United watched his new side suffer heavy defeat. Kevin Schade net a hat-trick to his side Brentford thumped the Foxes.
Ruud Van Nistelrooy New Side Leicester City Loss 4-1
The former Manchester United striker has yet to take charge, with Ben Dawson overseeing Leicester for this game. The former Real Madrid striker sat next to owner Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha in the stands at the Gtech Community Stadium on Saturday and saw his new side overrun to offer little suggestion they have the quality to pull away from danger.
Schade’s treble added to Yoane Wissa’s equaliser in the first half after Facundo Buonanotte’s 21st-minute goal put the Foxes ahead against the run of play. The dominant Bees were 3-1 ahead by half-time with Wissa and Schade firing them in front within eight minutes of going behind.
Thomas Frank’s impressive side are now eighth in the Premier League table. They are two points adrift of the top four, after a fourth home win in a row for the first time in the top flight since 1937.
Leicester City will host West Ham on Tuesday sitting a point above the relegation zone when Van Nistelrooy will be in charge. The Foxes players needed a performance after the criticism of their Christmas party in Copenhagen last weekend, 24 hours before Steve Cooper was sacked on Sunday.
They failed and ex-PSV manager Van Nistelrooy will have seen enough on Saturday to show him what the Foxes are missing. After a limp fifth defeat in eight games, he needs to make an instant impact.
