Leicester City manager Ruud van Nistelrooy has backed underfire goalkeeper Danny Ward after he was jeered by home fans during Leicester’s 3-0 home defeat to Wolverhampton Wanderers. Ward, 31, has now conceded six goals in one-and-a-half games since replacing Mads Hermansen at halftime of the 4-0 defeat at Newcastle last Saturday.

Ruud van Nistelrooy is only four games into his Leicester City tenure but the positivity generated by his winning start against West Ham already looks to have evaporated. After last week's 4-0 defeat at Newcastle,

The Leicester City manager gives his thoughts on the home crowd boos and jeers for their own goalkeeper, who made errors in the first half in a costly defeat to fellow strugglers Wolves