Leicester boss Ruud van Nistelrooy says his side鈥檚 survival fate will go down to the last game.
The Foxes took four points from the Dutchman鈥檚 first two games in charge following his appointment at the start of December, but they are back in the relegation zone after six successive Premier League defeats.
Performances have been encouraging, but results have not followed and Van Nistelrooy knows the situation is serious.
鈥淲e want to be out of the situation come May, we also know we鈥檙e in a position with three or four teams that are close together and they are also dropping points,鈥 he said.
鈥淭hat makes the situation possible, but it is up to us to start collecting points. Performances are something you can build on but we are all fed up of that.
鈥淔rom the first day I joined I spoke about it going right to the last day this battle. You have hopes we could surprise and get more results to get us out of the situation early, so in that sense it is disappointing that didn鈥檛 happen.
鈥淭here is an amount of patience required, for a six-week start of a collaboration between me and the players, the club, and believe that in this path good performances will turn into points.鈥
Leicester will try and end their horror run against Fulham on Saturday.
Asked whether the job at the King Power Stadium is harder than he thought it would be, Van Nistelrooy said: 鈥淚n the sense of the Premier League, no, I knew what to expect.
鈥淐oming here, seeing the squad, we knew there are possibilities there that this squad has enough to stay up.
鈥淭he belief is there but it is going to be very difficult. I am not surprised with that, a lot of work is required.
鈥淭he belief is there, definitely. With the remaining games and how close the bottom five teams is together, there is possibilities, but we have to start collecting points.鈥