Friday 17 February 2017 23:46, UK
Claudio Ranieri has hinted that Leicester’s goal drought has left them “scared” ahead of their trip to Millwall in the FA Cup on Saturday.
The Premier League champions are just a point above the relegation zone having lost five straight league games and have failed to score in the top flight in 2017.
Jamie Vardy, last season's 24-goal top scorer, has netted in just one game in his last 25 appearances for the Foxes - a hat-trick against Manchester City in December and Ranieri, who is set to make wholesale changes against the Lions, admitted his team may have a mental block in front of goal.
"Now maybe some people are scared about something. For me it is important for me to see all the single details," said the Italian, who is without injured strikers Islam Slimani and Leonardo Ulloa.
"Yes, we have to find a solution. We scored twice in the Derby [FA Cup] matches and found the solution. For this reason I want to check in the next match [against] Millwall.
"We're doing everything well but at the end we haven't created good chances - to do that we need to be full of confidence and sometimes we haven't got a lot of confidence.
"Sometimes the strikers don't receive a good final pass, so we want to do something to help. It's not important who scores, but it's important for somebody to score.
"We continue to fight in this way, continue to have strength and believe in ourselves. To stay together. We need one good result for the turning point. Now we need to stop this momentum and change our face, and everything will be fantastic."
