James Maddison defends his Leicester teammates after claiming they ‘weren’t hungry sufficient’ in heavy Fulham defeat… as he declares his Foxes colleagues are working every day to combat relegation
James Maddison has defended his teammates in clarification of post-match response he gave following Leicester Metropolis’s heavy defeat by the hands of Fulham.
The Foxes have been undone by a powerful first-half efficiency from the Cottagers, getting in 3-0 down at half-time, and whereas the second half was brighter for Dean Smith’s crew, they nonetheless fell sufferer to a 5-3 defeat.
The loss hit Leicester’s hopes of Premier League survival, particularly after Everton and Nottingham Forest each gained their video games later within the day.
In his post-match feedback to the BBC, Maddison claimed that the workforce ‘weren’t hungry sufficient to need to win the sport’ at Craven Cottage.
The 26-year-old England midfielder clarified his feedback in a while Twitter, supporting his teammates and their every day work price on the coaching discipline.
James Maddison clarified his feedback claiming Leicester weren’t ‘hungry’ in Fulham loss
The midfielder and his Foxes teammates are within the relegation zone after 5-3 defeat in London
Maddison tweeted: ‘What’s unsuitable with social media, say 1 factor in an interview straight after a sport and it will get taken approach out of context.
‘After I say not hungry sufficient I imply aggressive and on the entrance foot in duels, not us desirous to win or realising the significance.
‘We weren’t adequate in the present day and we’ve solely bought ourselves accountable and apologise for that.
‘However as somebody who sees the work we’re doing each single day to try to put this proper, it’s not all the way down to angle or utility. We are going to preserve going till the very finish.’
The England midfielder took to Twitter to make clear among the feedback he made post-match
Leicester Metropolis have simply three video games left of their bid to play within the Premier League subsequent time period
Talking to reporters post-match, Smith mentioned he didn’t foresee Leicester’s poor efficiency at Fulham.
Smith mentioned: ‘I anticipated a much better efficiency and a greater begin to the sport than we bought. At this stage, when you give the sort of targets away that we gave away it may be an uphill battle.’
Leicester’s battle to outlive sees them host Liverpool subsequent Monday, earlier than their remaining two Premier League fixtures away to Newcastle United and at residence to West Ham on the ultimate day.
It stays to be seen whether or not these would be the remaining top-flight video games for the Foxes for this season, or for the foreseeable future.
