There won’t be many players who can hold their heads up high for Leicester City after their embarrassing 3-0 defeat at home to Wolves.
The loss leaves Leicester just two points clear of the bottom three going into the festive period, where the Foxes have one of the tougher run ins.
Many Leicester players disappointed against Wolves and Ruud van Nistelrooy will want the mood to change instantly after falling to back-to-back losses.
Several stars will admit they weren’t good enough and according to Sofascore, one player in particular stood out for all of the wrong reasons.
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James Justin receives lowest Leicester rating in Wolves defeat
While many Leicester fans blamed Danny Ward for the defeat, it was actually the other Foxes star who was booed by supporters that received the worst rating of all.
Sofascore gave James Justin a 5.6 rating, lower than any other player in the Leicester starting XI.
His closest competitor was Ward, who still managed to score a 6.2.
The right-back was at fault for the second goal conceded as he failed to read a diagonal ball from Matt Doherty, letting the ball slip past him and enable Rodrigo Gomes to slip in behind and bundle the ball past.
| James Justin stats vs Wolves |
| Minutes played – 53 |
| Errors leading to goal – 1 |
| Possession lost – 16 |
| Accurate passes – 15/26 (58%) |
| Tackles – 0 |
Ruud van Nistelrooy responds to Leicester’s defensive crisis
It isn’t just Justin and Ward who are to blame for Leicester’s defensive woes.
As Robert Huth stated, the Foxes have conceded 14 goals in five games and have conceded the second-highest number of goals in the top flight (37) this season.
To make matters worse it’s seven goals conceded across the last two games and Van Nistelrooy knows it’s not good enough.
He said: “It’s clear if you look at that fact, it’s way too much. Today, three goals conceded, but it’s only one goal for expected goals. Against West Ham we won and we had three expected goals. You take the points and everybody is happy, but we addressed that it was too much.
Overall today we defended better, how weird it sounds. But individual mistakes that let in the three goals. Over 90 minutes, those incidents we couldn’t overcome.
“It’s about the team, about 11 players defending and attacking. The mental and emotional part is important, that players are dealing with mistakes. Football is a game of mistakes. We looked at Newcastle and set-pieces, and today it was communication and individual mistakes. Then they were punished. It’s something more mentally than anything else.”