Luke Thomas says that Ruud van Nistorrooy always demands that fights from Leicester City, because their attempt to stay in the Premier League will continue against Manchester United on Sunday.
Leicester is six points of safety, are in 19th place in the table and has lost 12 of their last 13 games in the competition.
They have passed a scorching run at home, lost each of their last six without touching the net, which contributes to their problems.
Although he suffers a 1-0 defeat against Chelsea on Stamford Bridge last weekend, it was a positive achievement by Leicester and Thomas believes that they can use that as a springboard for the remaining 10 games of the season.
“I think if we can take this in the rest of the season, we have a real chance to get some victories and hopefully stay in the competition,” said Thomas.
“[Van Nistelrooy] to demand [fight] Every week – week in, week out. We had a change of formation [against Chelsea] And I think that helped us in a certain way.
“It helped us, and hopefully we can do that again. It was a positive achievement that came after the results we recently had and the performances we shown in recent games.”
In the meantime, United 14th is in the Premier League table, but they have the opportunity to extend their undefeated series to four games in the competition in the King Power Stadium.
In this competition they go at a peak, after they have protected their place in the quarterfinals of the Europa League with a convincing 4-1 victory over 10-man Real Sociedad in the second stage of the last 16 on Thursday.
And Ruben Amorim hopes that their progress in Europe can influence their performance in the Premier League.
“In that context [reaching the last eight]It is also important to give us more energy to continue the season, “said Amorim.
“We know that. It won't change much for the following season, but it will give us more energy to complete the season in a different way.
“It was a very important game for us. We are ready.”
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– Leicester City (@LCFC) March 13, 2025
Players to watch
Leicester City – Wilfred Ndidi
Ndidi was one of the striking players of Leicester against Chelsea despite their defeat.
He disputed 15 duels, only in the second place of Patson Daka (19) among Leicester players, but won more than any other player (12). He also won possession eight times and played 12 passes in the last third, a different team -high.
Manchester United – Bruno Fernandes
Fernandes scored (two) or (one) helped a goal in each of his last three Premier League matches, which do the latter in four in a row in April 2024.
He was directly involved in 25+ goals in each of the last three seasons for United (12 goals, 13 assists this season); One of only three players who did this for a Premier League club in 2022-23, 2023-24 and 2024-25, together with Mohamed Salah and Erling Haaland.
Match forecast: Manchester United Win
Manchester United has only lost one of their last eight Premier League matches against Leicester (W4 D3) and fell 4-2 in October 2021.
United has already defeated Leicester three times in all matches this season, previously defeated three sides in the same campaign in the same campaign (Sheffield Wednesday 1993-94, Chelsea 2010-11, Nottingham Forest 2022-23), while the only team has lost Leicester to four times in a season in 1980-81.
Leicester is unbeaten in four Premier League matches against United during the 2020-21 and 2021-22 seasons (W2 D2) and has lost their last three against the Red Devils in the competition without scoring.
And they are currently struggling on a home floor; They have lost each of their last six Premier League home matches with a total score of 15-0. No team in the English top history has ever lost seven in a row on their own turf without scoring.
Leicester has admitted 998 goals in their 678 Premier League matches. They could be the 12th side who admit 1,000 in the competition, and the first to do this in fewer than 700 competitions.
Opta wins probability
Leicester City – 25.5%
Drawing – 24.5%
Manchester United – 50%
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