Ruud van Nistelrooy’s Leicester City are set to take on Arsenal in Saturday’s early Premier League kick-off.
It’s been a rough few months for Ruud van Nistelrooy since he first took the reigns at the King Power Stadium.
A run of eight losses from nine has seen Leicester City inch their way down the Premier League table and firmly into a three-horse race for Premier League survival alongside Ipswich Town and Wolverhampton Wanderers.
| Position | Team | Played MP | Won W | Drawn D | Lost L | For GF | Against GA | Diff GD | Points Pts |
| 16 |  West HamWest Ham | 24 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 29 | 46 | -17 | 27 |
| 17 |  WolvesWolves | 24 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 34 | 52 | -18 | 19 |
| 18 |  LeicesterLeicester | 24 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 25 | 53 | -28 | 17 |
| 19 |  IpswichIpswich | 24 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 22 | 49 | -27 | 16 |
| 20 |  SouthamptonSouthampton | 24 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 18 | 54 | -36 | 9 |
Leicester now face Arsenal on February 15th and, in reality, another defeat seems the most likely outcome.
Paul Merson made his prediction for the clash and fans won’t be surprised to read what he had to say.
The only potential positive for Leicester going into the game is that Arsenal’s squad has been depleted by injury issues.
Leicester City fans send Woyo Coulibaly demand to Ruud van Nistelrooy
Now, ahead of the tie, Leicester fans have sent a very clear message to their manager over one player.
Leicester’s January transfer window was a disaster but they were at least able to get one player through the door.
The Foxes signed Woyo Coulibaly for £3m from Serie A outfit Parma and now, fans have taken to social media to express their hope he starts against Arsenal.
One fan wrote when asked if the full-back should start versus the Gunners: “No brainer! We literally have nothing to lose.”
A second added: “Definitely. Justin will get ripped apart as usual,” while a third stated: “Yes drop James Justin, I beg.”
“Yes, we need a miracle. He may provide it,” another claimed, with a fifth writing: “Yes why not… He has to build his confidence, etc with the team.”
A sixth Leicester fan added: “Yeah but we won’t,” while a seventh stated: “That requires common sense.”
What Ruud van Nistelrooy has said about Woyo Coulibaly ahead of Arsenal
It is obvious that James Justin has been poor for Leicester this season and should be dropped at some point.
The right-back once again struggled versus Manchester United when Alejandro Garnacho was brought on in the 2-1 defeat.
And when speaking this week, likely to the delight of fans, Van Nistelrooy seemed to hint more game time is coming for Coulibaly, as per Leicestershire Live.
He said: “We see his talent, we see his potential. He’s been making more minutes in every game, and had a good spell as well against United coming on.
“He’s adapting well. He’s learning about how we want to play, how we train, adapting to a new culture and language.
“He gets time to be adjusted in all of this and see how we can use him for the coming games.”