Ruud van Nistelrooy details plan to get Leicester back on track after horror run
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Ruud van Nistelrooy is going to channel his inner Sir Bobby Robson to get Leicester City back on track. The Foxes’ chief says he’s heeding a lesson from the playbook of the late, great former England boss as he attempts to arrest a six-game losing streak. Leicester slumped to a 2-0 home defeat against Crystal Palace on Wednesday - and an air of quiet resignation has swept around the King Power Stadium by the final whistle.
And although van Nistelrooy admitted it was ‘a big blow’ he dug deep into his memory bank to drag up some words of wisdom from his former boss at PSV Eindhoven. Robson was in charge for three seasons - the first of which the striker spent playing under him before his manager moved to take charge of his boyhood club Newcastle United. Van Nistelrooy said: “We want to show what we are all about against Fulham. I want to show what I’m all about.
“Sir Bobby Robson used to say: ‘When the going gets tough, the tough gets going' - so that’s what I’ve been saying this morning. We want to show some belief.”. The Foxes’ chief was understandably low after Wednesday’s home defeat. Unable to hide his true emotions at the final whistle, he delivered a downbeat assessment. The King Power Stadium fully supported the XI fielded by the Dutchman, but the atmosphere was quickly punctured.
