Van Nistelrooy laments individual mistakes in disappointing Leicester defeat

Ruud van Nistelrooy rued the individual mistakes by Leicester City as they fell to a disappointing 3-0 loss at home to Wolves.

Goals from Goncalo Guedes, Rodrigo Gomes and Matheus Cunha in the first half gave Wolves and new boss Vitor Pereira a vital win in the fight against relegation.

It is the first time in Premier League history that Leicester have lost at home to Wolves, having won four and drawn two of the previous six such matches, while this was the Foxes’ first league defeat by three or more goals on home soil since May 2023 against Liverpool (3-0).

It was a second successive heavy defeat for Leicester following their 4-0 loss away to Newcastle United last weekend, and Van Nistelrooy was frustrated by how easily his side gave up scoring opportunities.

“It’s obviously very disappointing,” Van Nistelrooy told BBC Sport.

“You look at how the goals were given away, probably more, because of the individual mistakes, and it happened too much today.”

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Prior to this game, Leicester had scored in all eight of their Premier League home games this season, scoring five goals in their previous two such matches under Van Nistelrooy.

The Dutchman was disappointed that his side could not replicate the first two matches of his stewardship.

“It’s a disappointing one. We couldn’t give the crowd a good afternoon of football, which we were able to in the previous two games and lifted the place,” he added.

“That’s two setbacks now and big challenges ahead.”

Leicester’s next match is an away trip to league leaders Liverpool on Boxing Day.