Leicester 'closest' to what I want - Miquel

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Amandine Miquel said last week's victory over Brighton is the "closest" her Leicester side have come to playing the way she wants.

The Foxes scored three first-half goals and held off a late charge from Brighton to win 3-2 and pull six points clear from the bottom of the table.

"This game is the closest we've been to what I like the team to look like," said Miquel, who took charge in the summer.

"I'm not really a fan of having the ball. It has been long for the players to understand that when you don't have the ball, you can still win games.

"Everyone thinks that having the ball makes you a winner, which is not always the case."

She added: "It's starting to look like I want it to look like.

"Defensively, it's not good enough yet. We've taken too many goals in the second phase, and we have to improve that. But on the offensive aspects, I think the last games' first half looks closer to what they'd like to have."

Here are the key lines from Miquel's news conference before facing Tottenham on Sunday (14:00 GMT):

• She has "lost count" of the number of injuries her side are dealing with.
• Miquel would not confirm if Missy Goodwin had recovered from illness and would be back in the squad on Sunday.
• The Leicester boss wants her side to have "no regrets" after their game against Tottenham.
• She said previously in the season, anyone "that could kick a ball was playing forward" because of injuries, but now there is a "fight" to be in the starting XI.
• Leicester will be "fighting in every game, even if it's just to climb up one position".

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