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Former head of recruitment Steve Walsh defends Leicester players

Former Leicester head of recruitment Steve Walsh has defended the Foxes' players and backed them to escape relegation.

Monday night's 3-1 win over Liverpool not only saw the team score their first league goals of 2017 but also lifted them out of the bottom three and two points clear of the drop zone.

Leicester's Premier League-winning players were criticised following the sacking of Claudio Ranieri last week with many pointing fingers at the squad for their performances under the Italian.

However, Walsh, who left in the summer to become Everton's director of football, believes that was unfair on the players, many of whom he recruited.