Leicester City 0-2 Fulham: Second-half storm earns visitors comfortable win while Foxes extend Premier League losing streak to seven games
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Angry Leicester fans vented their frustration at Ruud van Nistelrooy and director of football Jon Rudkin as they slipped to a seventh consecutive defeat. Second half goals from Fulham’s Emile Smith-Rowe, on his hundredth Premier League appearance, and Adama Traore helped turn the atmosphere at The King Power toxic.
![[The Foxes have now lost their last seven Premier League games and languish in 19th place]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/18/16/94243121-0-image-m-94_1737218609573.jpg)
Chants of “Sack the Board” and “We want Rudkin out” filled the stadium but van Nistelrooy, appointed only seven weeks ago, wasn’t spared either. His decision to substitute creators Bilal El Khannouss and Harry Winks with the score at 1-0 was loudly booed with supporters singing “You don’t know what you’re doing”.
![[Ruud van Nistelrooy was berated by Leicester fans despite him enduring a short tenure so far]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/18/17/94243343-14299905-image-m-110_1737219700902.jpg)
When Jordan Ayew was replaced later on, the fans cheered his removal. At the final whistle, a grim-faced van Nistelrooy strode onto the pitch to console his players. The response from the Leicester fans was mainly muted – because most of them had already left before the end.
![[Fulham are just five points off the top four and are well in the fight for European qualification]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/18/17/94243349-14299905-image-m-112_1737219749923.jpg)
Fulham cruised past relegation strugglers Leicester to win 2-0 at the King Power Stadium. The Foxes have now lost their last seven Premier League games and languish in 19th place. Ruud van Nistelrooy was berated by Leicester fans despite him enduring a short tenure so far.
It added up to a miserable afternoon for The Foxes who had started brightly with Ayew denied by Bernd Leno in the opening minutes and Jamie Vardy almost forcing his former team-mate Timothy Castagne into conceding an own goal – the defender saved by his goalkeeper Bernd Leno’s reflexes.
