Zieler: Leicester City must avoid Seville defeat

Avoiding defeat is Leicester City’s big priority when they face Sevilla in their Champions League last 16 first leg game this weekend according to goalkeeper Ron-Robert Zieler.

Zieler was in goal for the Foxes as they lost 1-0 to Millwall in the FA Cup at the weekend as Leicester were dumped out of the competition by the League One side.

And while the weekend appeared to be another low in an already poor season for the Premier League champions, Zieler is confident the squad have the quality needed to test the La Liga side.

“The first leg is very important. Let’s put it this way – you shouldn’t lose. If we can get a draw, even a win, it would be fantastic for the second leg,” he said.

“Sevilla are going to have a very good atmosphere at the stadium and I think it will be very difficult, but we have got the quality.

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“We’ve shown that in the group stages, but we have to make sure we show that on the day too.

“Obviously we know that it’s not going to be as easy as that, so we have to make sure we defend well and if we have the opportunity to go forward, we have to take it.

“We did really well in the group stages. It’s a very tough game ahead of us. We’re one of only 16 teams left in Europe and Sevilla have done fantastic over the last couple of years.”