Martin takes responsibility for Foxes' Burton loss

Russell Martin admits he needs to address how he mentally prepares his Leicester City side after the one-time Premier League champions slumped to their first League One defeat of the season.

Burton Albion, a perennial relegation battler in the third tier in recent years, condemned Leicester to a 2-1 loss in their first home league game at the level for 17 years on Saturday.

Oliver Skipp, a midfielder that has played a part in Leicester's back-to-back relegations from the Premier League and Championship, was sent off before the half-hour mark when the hosts were already two goals down.

Defeat dropped Leicester to 18th in the table, with the full-time whistle prompting fans around King Power Stadium to boo the side.

"We have to have some really honest conversations," Martin told BBC Radio Leicester.

"I take responsibility as a manager, so if I haven't prepared them psychologically well enough, we must look at that.

"One team wanted it during the opening 25 minutes and were hungry. We weren't, definitely not hungry enough."

Martin said the straight red card shown to Skipp in the 29th minute for his dangerously high tackle on Curtis Tilt forced his side into "a nothing to lose mentality".

Wes Burns pulled a goal back before the break, but it was as good as it got for a side that had already got a jolt on their League One return when held to a 1-1 draw by newly promoted Notts County a week earlier.

"We've already watched the goals back as a group and highlighted bits that we don't want to be us," Martin said immediately after the loss against the Brewers.

"We have to make sure that is our worst 25 minutes of the season."

Leicester's attention quickly turns to their Carabao Cup tie against Ipswich Town, the side that won promotion to the Premier League alongside the Foxes in 2024 before coming back down with them a year later.

But, while Ipswich bounced back with immediate promotion, there is now an entire division that separates the two sides after Leicester slid to successive relegations.

Martin said changes for the match will be inevitable and added the performances will determine who he turns to in their next League One game at MK Dons on Saturday.

"I expect some people to come into the team and be really hungry to stake a claim for the shirt because after today there will be opportunities," he said.

"And I expect the guys that played today that are playing Tuesday to really want to put things right and feel better about themselves than they do today."