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Martin: We Have To Find The Finishing Touch

Russell Martin felt we were just lacking the final moment of quality to turn Saturday’s goalless draw at MK Dons into a win.

2026-08-30T07:25+01:00

by Sam Jones

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30 Aug, 2026

Martin: We Have To Find The Finishing Touch

Russell Martin felt we were just lacking the final moment of quality to turn Saturday’s goalless draw at MK Dons into a win.

Sam Jones

2026-08-30T07:25+01:00

Martin: We Have To Find The Finishing Touch

Russell Martin felt we were just lacking the final moment of quality to turn Saturday’s goalless draw at MK Dons into a win.

Sam Jones

2026-08-30T07:25+01:00

Martin: We Have To Find The Finishing Touch

Russell Martin felt we were just lacking the final moment of quality to turn Saturday’s goalless draw at MK Dons into a win.

Sam Jones

2026-08-30T07:25+01:00

Martin: We Have To Find The Finishing Touch

Russell Martin felt we were just lacking the final moment of quality to turn Saturday’s goalless draw at MK Dons into a win.

Sam Jones

2026-08-30T07:25+01:00

Leicester City drew 0-0 with MK Dons on Saturday lunchtime
It’s a second point from our opening three Sky Bet League One matches
Manager Russell Martin gave his take on proceedings at Stadium MK
The performance was the best he’s seen so far, without the end product

The Foxes were denied a first victory of our Sky Bet League One campaign at Stadium MK, despite a host of opportunities for the visitors, who dominated large portions of the game.

Reflecting on picking up a point on the road, taking our tally to two from three matches at this early point in the season, our Manager believes the number of chances created and the level of performance were big positives, with the end product now required in the final third.

Backing up the display at Ipswich Town on Tuesday, Martin liked what he saw from City and reserved praise for the near-6,000 members of the Blue Army who headed down the M1 to cheer us on.

“I'm disappointed we don't win, because we deserved to,” he assessed following full-time. “It was the best performance we've had. The only thing we’re missing is a goal and if we score, I think everyone goes away thinking it's an amazing performance.

“It's a goal away from being an incredible performance, because some of the football, the amount of chances we created, it was so dominant. It was attack versus defence for so long in the second half and we're just missing that last bit, that last touch into the goal, that last moment of quality.

“But the team ran against a team who are going to be up there come the end of the season. We keep a clean sheet, they fought and ran so hard for each other, the energy was great, the fans were brilliant during the game.

“But then we have to put the finishing touch on it. We built on Tuesday, even better today, created so much, but we have to score, so it's the only frustrating bit for me.

“You play this game 10 times, you’ll win nine. If you end up with that dominance, in terms of territory and shots and entries into the box... we just have to keep on with the process and trust that end product will come, and when it does, we'll have a lot of fun.”

A host of Foxes Academy graduates took to the pitch in Buckinghamshire, including Sammy Braybrooke and Louis Page, who both controlled in midfield, with Jayden Joseph another youngster who impressed further back.

“The team was fast, it was aggressive,” the 40-year-old continued. “We played with purpose, played with energy, played with connection, [with] so many young guys on the pitch doing brilliant things.

“I'm going to celebrate that all season with the young ones, the Academy guys, the guys we've got on loan. They'll keep learning and they'll get better and better.

“Luke Thomas has been immense in the last two games playing out of position, and Sammy and Louis have been incredible, two kids dominating the middle of the pitch. JJ (Joseph), fantastic.

“Will Alves comes on and had a huge impact. Jakub [Stolarczyk] in goal, by the way, in the last two games, has been immense. I just named five or six Academy guys and they are giving everything they possibly can for this Football Club, to bring it back to where we want it, which we all are.

“Hopefully people feel as excited as I do about the team and what direction it’s going to go in. Also, the amount of change, and it's not an excuse, but the energy at this Club for a couple of years has been really difficult, which is not an overnight theme, but there’s building blocks from Tuesday and today.”

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