Huth: Fast starts are crucial for Leicester City

Robert Huth is confident Leicester City can continue their current run of good form as long as they continue to start faster than their opponents.

The Foxes raced into a 2-0 lead against West Ham United on Saturday through Riyad Mahrez and Huth, and held on despite a Hammers comeback to win 3-2.

It was their third straight win in the league, following back-to-back 3-1 wins over Liverpool and Hull City, and moved them six points clear of the bottom three.

And Huth felt that Leicester’s first away win of the season was long overdue.

“We were due an away win, so it’s good to come back with the three points,” he said.

“I always felt we just needed to get 1-0 up in a game. It happened against Liverpool. Since then, we’ve been getting 1-0 up and we haven’t been beaten. Long may it continue.

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“It’s something we’ve done all season – once we go ahead, we don’t tend to lose games. It was something we wanted to achieve today and we managed it.

“We made it a bit harder at the end and we were hanging on a bit. Perhaps we could have wrapped the game up earlier, but we got there.”

“I think we were a bit tired at the end and we were hanging on a bit, but we managed to get a 2-0 lead early-on, which set us up for the game.”