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Be Better In Key Moments, Says King

Andy King saw some positives in our fourth round Emirates FA Cup exit at Southampton on Saturday, as we lost out in extra-time.

2026-02-15T09:00+00:00

by Sam Jones

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15 Feb, 2026

Be Better In Key Moments, Says King

Andy King saw some positives in our fourth round Emirates FA Cup exit at Southampton on Saturday, as we lost out in extra-time.

Sam Jones

2026-02-15T09:00+00:00

Be Better In Key Moments, Says King

Andy King saw some positives in our fourth round Emirates FA Cup exit at Southampton on Saturday, as we lost out in extra-time.

Sam Jones

2026-02-15T09:00+00:00

Be Better In Key Moments, Says King

Andy King saw some positives in our fourth round Emirates FA Cup exit at Southampton on Saturday, as we lost out in extra-time.

Sam Jones

2026-02-15T09:00+00:00

Be Better In Key Moments, Says King

Andy King saw some positives in our fourth round Emirates FA Cup exit at Southampton on Saturday, as we lost out in extra-time.

Sam Jones

2026-02-15T09:00+00:00

Leicester City were beaten 2-1 in the Emirates FA Cup Fourth Round on Saturday
Southampton emerged as victors after extra-time at St. Mary’s Stadium
First Team Coach Andy King reflected on the narrow defeat on the South Coast

The Foxes, behind to a Cyle Larin penalty at the end of the first half, equalised through Oliver Skipp’s impressive bicycle kick, sending the game to an extra 30 minutes. But it was a James Bree header which settled the tie late on at St. Mary’s Stadium, putting the hosts through to the fifth round.

Making six changes to the XI which lost out to the Saints in the league in midweek, Olabade Aluko, Louis Page, Jeremy Monga and Divine Mukasa all started on the South Coast this time around, with 21-year-old Ben Nelson captaining the Foxes for the first time.

“[There’s] disappointment,” King commented, revealing his emotions immediately after full-time. “No one hates losing for this Football Club more than I do but I think today we saw loads of positives. The young lads came in and did really well. We had four teenagers in the team from the start and that’s a big step.

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“They did really well and handled the occasion well. They played really well together. I saw loads of what I see the team looking like moving forward in terms of the style of play and the way the players went about it. There were some really good performances. But it’s another loss.

“In key moments, we have to be better, because they are hurting us at the moment. We can’t give away a penalty with a minute to go before half-time after what’s been a good first half and we go in one down.

“We get ourselves back in the game and it looks like we’re going to go on and win it and with 10 minutes left of extra-time we concede from a set play. It’s so avoidable.

“[We had] chances and we have to be more clinical and more ruthless. Even in the first half, we got in some good positions and probably didn’t make the most of it in terms of the shooting not being right or we didn’t commit enough bodies forward into the box in the second half.

“We’re having good control and getting in good positions, but we don’t make the most of it and then we go down the other end and teams don’t seem to have to work that hard to score against us. They’ve scored from a penalty and a set play so that’s ultimately decided the game today.”

Full attention turns back to Sky Bet Championship matters next Saturday, with the Foxes now 22nd in the table heading into the trip to face Stoke City at bet365 Stadium (12:30pm GMT kick-off).

“We’re out of the cup,” he added. “It’s about the next 12 or 13 games that we’ve got left in the league. The games are coming so we have to front it up and stand up to it, however we feel about confidence or being fragile at the back.

“It’s about us now getting enough points between now and the end of the season to make sure we stay in the league. It’s always a big week whenever you’re at this Football Club. The situation here will always be to try and win every game and that’s the same going into Stoke as well.”

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