Leicester City’s Ghanaian international defender, Jeffrey Schlupp has stated that his club is never shy of digging in to grind out results following Saturday’s 1-0 Barclays Premier League win against Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park.
Much like the 1-0 triumph over Palace at King Power Stadium back in October, it was a game in which the Foxes had to show all their fighting spirit to claim three points.
Riyad Mahrez’s 34th-minute strike separated the two sides in London this time around and Schlupp, who came off the bench late in the second half, had plenty of praise for his team-mates.
“It was a scrappy game and we knew it would be – it was Championship style if anything,” Schlupp told the Foxes official website.
“We dug in and defended well. I’ve got to give a big shout out to everyone that was involved today because I thought they dug in really well and got the result.
“We’re not short of fighting spirit. We can scrap or we can win by playing pretty football – we’re never shy of digging in.” he added.
The victory was Leicester City’s third-consecutive 1-0 victory having beaten Watford and Newcastle United by the same scoreline in recent weeks.
And Schlupp went on to applaud the Foxes’ defensive solidarity after they recorded a fourth clean sheet in their last five Premier League games.
The Academy graduate added: “A lot of credit to the goalkeeper and defence as well. They’ve been fighting back there in the last three games and they’ve managed to keep clean sheets.
“That’s a big well done to them of course but it’s a team effort. Defensively we’ve been really good lately, and also attacking as well. When we’ve got to stay compact, we have done that well to grind out the results that we need.”
Schlupp Hails Battling Foxes
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