‘We Have To Be So Much Better’

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‘We Have To Be So Much Better’

Manager Russell Martin says we paid the price for our performance during Saturday’s 4-0 defeat to Oxford United at King Power Stadium in Sky Bet League One.

2026-09-06T08:30+01:00

‘We Have To Be So Much Better’

Manager Russell Martin says we paid the price for our performance during Saturday’s 4-0 defeat to Oxford United at King Power Stadium in Sky Bet League One.

2026-09-06T08:30+01:00

‘We Have To Be So Much Better’

Manager Russell Martin says we paid the price for our performance during Saturday’s 4-0 defeat to Oxford United at King Power Stadium in Sky Bet League One.

2026-09-06T08:30+01:00

‘We Have To Be So Much Better’

Manager Russell Martin says we paid the price for our performance during Saturday’s 4-0 defeat to Oxford United at King Power Stadium in Sky Bet League One.

2026-09-06T08:30+01:00

‘We Have To Be So Much Better’

Manager Russell Martin says we paid the price for our performance during Saturday’s 4-0 defeat to Oxford United at King Power Stadium in Sky Bet League One.

2026-09-06T08:30+01:00

We fell to a 4-0 loss to Oxford United at King Power Stadium on Saturday
Mark Harris (2), Mo Missanga and Jamie McDonnell found the net for the visitors
Manager Russell Martin said afterwards that 'we have to be so much better' in future
Leicester City travel to Stockport County in our next Sky Bet League One game next weekend

Two Mark Harris goals and further efforts from Mo Missanga and Jamie McDonnell handed Aaron Ramsey’s visiting U’s all three points on Filbert Way.

We went into the game on the back of Tuesday's 2-0 success over Plymouth Argyle, also on home soil, as well as the conclusion of the summer transfer window which saw 14 new faces join the Foxes for the 26/27 campaign.

But Saturday’s result was a difficult one for us all to take, with Martin explaining the game from his perspective during his post-match media duties.

Asked about the mood in the dressing room afterwards, the 40-year-old said: “As you’d imagine, there’s a lot of hurt people in the dressing room.

“We were so soft today. We conceded such poor goals. We didn’t give ourselves a chance in the game. At the start of the second half, they’re in our box from kick-off.

“The kick-offs probably summed us up today, the decision-making. We lost the game in the first 25 minutes to half an hour with the lack of fight in the duels.

“We came out on the wrong side of every challenge, every tackle, and you can’t – at any level – especially here.

“And then we get caught on the transition chasing the game so many times. That’s maybe my fault, it probably is, it will be.

“I took off a couple of really experienced players to try and inject some energy. We have such a young team at that point, so the decision making, and maybe it’s a learning for me.

“We had a lot of guys who were playing their third game in a week for the first time in their careers on the pitch, but it’s no excuse.

“We have to be so much better than that. It’s a real wake-up call and what’s so frustrating is, with all the energy that’s been building here, the last three performances, the last couple of results, we then go and produce that.

“We couldn’t go again today. The energy was a big problem, but even if you’re feeling tired, we have to be so much better.”

Asked why the game got away from us, conceding three goals in the second half, Martin pointed to the first half also: “Energy, aggression and fight – and we lacked it in the first half an hour.

“I guess the learning is we have to make changes when we have a three-game week again, but it’s still not acceptable.

“We’re learning but we have to make sure this is the worst we feel all season.

“We have a lot of days to work. [On Sunday], we’ll watch this. We’ll watch it [on Saturday night] but, the players, we’ll make sure we’re all really aware what the problems were.

“I don’t think I’ll feel any different about it after watching it back. I’ll probably feel worse about it than I did today. I apologise to everyone.

“The staff, they don’t deserve that. The fans. We have to be so much better, which we will be. It’s why I can be calm about it, but to lose here by that scoreline is not acceptable and we have to be better.”

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