‘It’s Lifted Everyone’ – Skipp Speaks Ahead Of Brighton Bout

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‘It’s Lifted Everyone’ – Skipp Speaks Ahead Of Brighton Bout

Oliver Skipp believes there is more confidence running through the squad following Leicester City’s first victory under new Manager Ruud van Nistelrooy.

2024-12-07T09:00+00:00

by Sam Jones

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07 Dec, 2024

‘It’s Lifted Everyone’ – Skipp Speaks Ahead Of Brighton Bout

Oliver Skipp believes there is more confidence running through the squad following Leicester City’s first victory under new Manager Ruud van Nistelrooy.

Sam Jones

2024-12-07T09:00+00:00

‘It’s Lifted Everyone’ – Skipp Speaks Ahead Of Brighton Bout

Oliver Skipp believes there is more confidence running through the squad following Leicester City’s first victory under new Manager Ruud van Nistelrooy.

Sam Jones

2024-12-07T09:00+00:00

‘It’s Lifted Everyone’ – Skipp Speaks Ahead Of Brighton Bout

Oliver Skipp believes there is more confidence running through the squad following Leicester City’s first victory under new Manager Ruud van Nistelrooy.

Sam Jones

2024-12-07T09:00+00:00

‘It’s Lifted Everyone’ – Skipp Speaks Ahead Of Brighton Bout

Oliver Skipp believes there is more confidence running through the squad following Leicester City’s first victory under new Manager Ruud van Nistelrooy.

Sam Jones

2024-12-07T09:00+00:00

Brighton & Hove Albion are the visitors to King Power Stadium on Sunday
Leicester City’s Oliver Skipp looked ahead to the 2pm GMT kick-off
It proved to be a morale boosting victory over West Ham United in midweek
The Foxes are now on the hunt for back-to-back home league victories

The 3-1 success over West Ham United on Tuesday created a renewed buzz around King Power Stadium, with City’s first win in six transforming the mood after a challenging couple of weeks.

That result has to serve as a platform for further growth and development as a team, Skipp says, with Brighton & Hove Albion up next for the Foxes on Sunday – another opportunity to impress in front of the home support at King Power Stadium.

“I think you could see it lifted everyone, the crowd and the players,” the midfielder revealed. “It was nice to get off to a positive start. We needed that after a few results and performances that, as a group, we weren’t happy with.

“It was nice to get that win, albeit knowing it is only one win and there’s still so much more of the season to go and there are elements of our game that we can improve. You heard the reaction from the crowd, they were right behind us, so we need that throughout the next weeks.

Back out on the training pitch on Friday.

“You don’t want to concede that many shots every game, because in other games you might not have the blocks or Mads [Hermansen] pulling off a few good saves, and on the law of averages, you will probably concede a few more.

“It’s something that we need to cut down. But although they had 30 attempts, it didn’t feel like they had loads of clear chances. There were times when we had to defend and you know in the Premier League and the situation that we’re in, that’s going to happen.

“We looked dangerous and, overall, we created chances as well. We weren’t just sitting back and letting the opposition dictate to us about what they wanted to do.”

Only given a couple of days to work with the squad ahead of facing the Hammers, Skipp felt the message conveyed by van Nistelrooy was clear, with an aggressive approach implemented from the off.

“He built confidence into the players,” the 24-year-old explained. “Obviously, there wasn’t loads of time to change too much, but we went in with the mindset of being more proactive. You could see there was a bit more aggression in our game.

“Whereas maybe in previous games, we had been a bit reactive to situations. We’d gone 1-0 down and it had taken that to get a reaction. I’m sure throughout the coming weeks there’s more he wants to work with us on and we’ll be looking to implement that as quickly as possible.

Skipp has made eight Premier League appearances for the Foxes.

“Perhaps in the last few games we have been too easy to play against. We conceded too many goals and that’s on the whole team, really. It’s on the front players and the midfield players to press first off and there were clear triggers.

“It was a chain reaction, which allowed us to win the balls back in midfield. To a man, everyone was fighting and running for each other and we just need to keep doing that throughout the next few games. I think that’s exciting as well, because with a new manager and new ideas, it’s always something we can keep pushing.”

Having watched on from the bench against the Hammers, Skipp is keen to play his part in the upcoming games, as a busy period of festive fixtures commences.

The former Tottenham Hotspur man added: “It’s just about training hard every day and that’s something that I always pride myself on. It’s making it difficult for the Manager to leave you out, that’s the intention from all of the squad, to show him what you can do.

“Ultimately, it’s up to him the team that he wants to pick, but you know throughout the season that there will be opportunities to play and it’s about staying sharp, doing extras and your gym work and everything to make sure that when the opportunity does come, that you are ready to take it. That’s what I will be looking to do.”

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