Leicester City 2-2 Brighton live reaction

Van Nistelrooy on performance?

“Coming back from 2-0 down is a great show of character. But I have to say I enjoyed the second half of this team. From the first minute we walked out of that tunnel in the second half…

“We had to change the pressure. In the first half, the pressure didn’t work as we wanted. That’s what pushed us back. We didn’t create a lot in the first half because of this. From the back, with the goalkeeper a little higher up in the first phase, we improved from the West Ham game.

“But the second half, we got the pressure right, putting them under pressure, winning the duels in their half, keeping the ball and chasing the 1-1 over the whole of the second half, until the counter attack and the first break and the first big chance for Brighton in the second half. That was a blow.

“But the lads were focused on one thing. They got on with it, they got the performance going. They were investing in the game. You can see we have players with certain qualities, also coming off the bench, that can turn a game around quite quickly.

“When the crowd gets behind it… I thought the last free-kick with Stephy, I thought if that went in the place would explode completely. That said it all, that we were trying to win the game in the end.”