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Winks: We’ve Shown Signs

Everyone within the Leicester City squad is looking to step up in the fight for Premier League safety, says Harry Winks.

2025-02-14T09:00+00:00

by Sam Jones

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14 Feb, 2025

Winks: We’ve Shown Signs

Everyone within the Leicester City squad is looking to step up in the fight for Premier League safety, says Harry Winks.

Sam Jones

2025-02-14T09:00+00:00

Winks: We’ve Shown Signs

Everyone within the Leicester City squad is looking to step up in the fight for Premier League safety, says Harry Winks.

Sam Jones

2025-02-14T09:00+00:00

Winks: We’ve Shown Signs

Everyone within the Leicester City squad is looking to step up in the fight for Premier League safety, says Harry Winks.

Sam Jones

2025-02-14T09:00+00:00

Winks: We’ve Shown Signs

Everyone within the Leicester City squad is looking to step up in the fight for Premier League safety, says Harry Winks.

Sam Jones

2025-02-14T09:00+00:00

Leicester City are welcoming Arsenal to King Power Stadium this Saturday (12:30pm kick-off)
Harry Winks assessed the Foxes’ mindset heading into the Premier League encounter
Everyone knows what is required in the battle to avoid the drop, the midfielder says

The Foxes return to Premier League action with the visit of Arsenal to King Power Stadium on Saturday afternoon, an opportunity to, at the very least temporarily, haul ourselves out of the bottom three by triumphing in the early kick-off.

That would, of course, be no mean feat against title challengers Arsenal, who haven’t lost in 14 consecutive league matches under Mikel Arteta.

But as the midfielder alluded to when speaking earlier this week, City have demonstrated what they are capable of on occasions this term, most recently in the Emirates FA Cup defeat to Manchester United.

“There’s been times this season where we’ve performed really well but haven’t come away with a positive result,” the 29-year-old analysed. “But there’s also been times where we’ve performed poorly and haven’t been up to the level, especially the other week against Everton. It was a game that we needed to reflect on and look at.

“We spoke after the [Man Utd] game and it was disappointing to lose in the manner that we did, but if we dissect the performance and look at how we performed at Old Trafford, there’s a lot of positives there.

“We defended really well; we created some good opportunities and it’s just one of those bittersweet moments that we have to get over and move on from by taking the positives to go into the Arsenal game.

“Overall, we’ve shown signs of quality this season and we need to now find ways of getting results. It’s easy to highlight [errors] when we’re not scoring goals. When you score goals every week and get a lot of chances in the opposition half to score, then those defensive errors probably do start to be eradicated a little bit.

Working hard in training is key, says Winks.

“The more that we can focus on attacking and scoring goals, I think then you end up conceding less at the back.”

Enjoying the pressure is a mantra that Ruud van Nistelrooy has instilled in his side since taking charge, as well as looking to create a siege mentality around the dressing room, while ensuring that the players demand more from each other every day.

The 10-time England international explained: “The Manager has made it clear since he’s come in – it’s us against the world and we need to unite as a team and be as close as we can. The only people who can help us are ourselves. It’s something that you have to embrace.

“We know that we’re in that fight and no one is shying away from that. We talk about it regularly and we train as if we’re in a relegation fight and no one is oblivious to that, but it’s what happens at the weekend which is the most important.

“We’ve got more than enough players in the team who have experienced situations like this and been in it before, so it’s about tapping into that. Also the younger players, who have never experienced this before, allowing them to have the freedom to express themselves and win us matches and just trying to get over the line.

“When we’re on that pitch and when we’re training every day, we need to be pushing each other because we know that the demands in this league are huge. Especially in the final few months, it’s important that we stand up to the challenge and we certainly are doing that.

“The most important thing is just training and how you approach the week and the mentality, whether it’s small-sided matches or possession. It’s holding people accountable, and we certainly do that.

“If there are players who aren’t at the level, we’ve got senior players in the team who can. On a matchday, I’m a big believer that you play the way that you train and if we train really well, we can be fully at it and ready to win at the weekend. You can’t just turn it on in the Premier League.”

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