Leicester 0 Brentford 4: Woeful Foxes set embarrassing Premier League record as Bees run riot at King Power

IF YOU wanted confirmation that Leicester City are heading backmost to the Championship  — this was it.

Ruud van Nistelrooy’s beaten Foxes became the archetypal squad successful top-flight past to endure SIX defeats successful a enactment astatine location successful the aforesaid play without scoring a azygous extremity during the run.

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Leicester mislaid their sixth location lucifer successful a enactment without scoring a goal[/caption]

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Brentford won 4-0 astatine the King Power[/caption]

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Pressure is gathering connected Ruud van Nistelrooy[/caption]

This was conscionable each excessively casual for Brentford, who were 3 goals up earlier the break.

And the assemblage absorption was predictable arsenic fans turned connected the club’s committee again aft the Foxes’ play went from atrocious to worse.

Some supporters were leaving their seats earlier the half-hour people arsenic Brentford scored astatine volition and had an effort disallowed for Keane Lewis-Potter’s handball.

Quite wherever this leaves the nine present is unclear.

Survival is inactive imaginable — but not with this benignant of chaotic defending.

It is difficult to spot wherever Leicester’s adjacent triumph is coming from.

But, tellingly, fans are not yet calling for Van Nistelrooy’s head, though helium is nary amended than erstwhile manager Steve Cooper, who was sacked to marque mode for the Dutchman.

Supporters privation alteration — successful peculiar manager of shot Jon Rudkin, who has been targeted continually from the stands.

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Another managerial alteration would look pointless with this squad, truthful Van Nistelrooy volition person to bushed the likelihood if Leicester are to enactment up.

By the extremity of the game, the tempest clouds were gathering astatine the King Power Stadium arsenic dense rainfall fell, which beauteous overmuch summed up the authorities Leicester are successful astatine the moment.

But the Bees’ dominance cannot beryllium ignored and summed up their tally of signifier distant from home.

This was a 4th triumph successful a enactment connected the roadworthy for Thomas Frank’s broadside — and they are unbeaten successful 5 distant trips.

Ironically, Leicester started good and could person had 2 goals successful the archetypal 5 minutes.

Keeper Mark Flekken had to prevention good from Woyo Coulibaly, connected his afloat debut, and skipper Jamie Vardy aft a pacy interruption from the Foxes legend.

But that was arsenic bully arsenic it got for Leicester arsenic Frank’s men picked them off.

Brentford took a 17th-minute pb erstwhile Boubakary Soumare mislaid the shot and Mikkel Damsgaard floated a walk done for Yoane Wissa to people from wrong the six-yard box.

Vardy brought different prevention from Flekken but Brentford were 2 up aft 27 minutes acknowledgment to a superb decorativeness from Bryan Mbeumo from the borderline of the area.

A fewer Foxes fans chanted, “You’re not acceptable to deterioration the shirt” and their temper was not improved arsenic the Bees added a 3rd 5 minutes later.

Mbeumo’s free-kick was lifted into the premix and Christian Norgaard headed in.

Coulibaly’s vexation boiled implicit arsenic helium wiped retired Norgaard with a reckless tackle but lone a received a yellowish card.

He was fortunate not to spot reddish and Van Nistelrooy took him disconnected astatine half-time.

Brentford could person had much — Kristoffer Ajer headed against the station and Foxes keeper Mads Hermansen stopped Wout Faes from scoring an ain goal.

There were ironic cheers from location fans aft 55 minutes erstwhile the ineffective Jordan Ayew was replaced by Facundo Buonanotte.

Hermansen pulled disconnected an fantabulous prevention from sub Yehor Yarmoliuk’s header but the Bees’ 4th yet arrived with 2 minutes left.

Mbeumo’s effort was saved but sub Fabio Carvalho forced the shot implicit the enactment — sparking aggravated words betwixt keeper Hermansen and team-mate Soumare.

By the end, thousands of Leicester supporters had near the stadium with the faithful Bees singing “we’ve got much fans than you” and “you’re getting sacked successful the morning”.

And arsenic Frank’s men coasted to an awesome win, Van Nistelrooy looked similar helium had the value of the satellite connected his shoulders arsenic helium trudged backmost to the dressing room.

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Yoane Wissa bundled successful the opener for the Bees[/caption]

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Bryan Mbeumo curled location for 2-0[/caption]

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Christian Norgaard headed successful the 3rd connected 32 minutes[/caption]

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Fabio Carvalho wrapped up the triumph with a 4th conscionable earlier the end[/caption]

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It could person been worse arsenic Keane Lewis-Potter had a extremity ruled retired for handball and the Bees deed the post[/caption]

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Wissa and Mbeumo linked up erstwhile again[/caption]

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Plenty of fans walked retired early[/caption]

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Van Nistelrooy is not having things his ain way[/caption]

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Leicester are enduring a nightmare tally of form[/caption]

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Fans made their feelings astir the committee known[/caption]

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Leicester person inactive lone kept 1 cleanable expanse each season[/caption]

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Frustrations boiled implicit erstwhile the 4th went in[/caption]