Chelsea 1-0 Leicester City: Marc Cucurella strikes second-half winner

In isolation, Leicester boss Ruud van Nistelrooy will take some positives from his side’s display at Stamford Bridge.

They were defensively resolute, afforded Chelsea few chances and looked bright on the counter-attack during the first half.

The problem is that, with 10 matches left in the Premier League season, Leicester cannot afford to judge anything in isolation.

Points are the only thing that matter at this stage and they are not earning enough of them to help their survival fight.

The defeat was Leicester’s 12th in their last 13 Premier League matches – and the third time in their history the Foxes have lost five successive league games without scoring.

Relegation rivals Ipswich were beaten late on at Crystal Palace on Saturday, while Wolves played out a 1-1 draw with Everton at Molineux.

Neither side would have banked on Leicester getting anything at Stamford Bridge but van Nistelrooy’s men are running out of chances to capitalise on slip-ups from the teams around them.

Leicester now face Manchester United, Manchester City, Newcastle United, Brighton and Liverpool in their next five fixtures, before visiting Wolves on 26 April.

To stay up this season, they will have to show more quality and spring a surprise somewhere.