Harvey Barnes hoping Leicester can take European form into Premier League

Harvey Barnes is optimistic Leicester can transfer their European form to the domestic scene as they look to revive their Premier League campaign.

Leicester’s only hope of silverware this season is in the Europa Conference League and they advanced into the last-16 by sweeping aside Randers 7-2 on aggregate, defeating their Danish opposition 3-1 in the second leg on Thursday.

The competition has been a welcome distraction from their top-flight troubles, where injuries to Jonny Evans, Timothy Castagne and Jamie Vardy has been followed by a winless start to 2022 and a slide to 12th in the table.

But Barnes is hopeful they can get back to winning ways, starting against Burnley at Turf Moor next Tuesday.

“It’s going to be another tough game,” the winger told LCFC TV. “Away at Burnley is never an easy game.

“But after this win and, in the last few weeks, we’ve played some good football and scored some good goals, so we’ll go there full of confidence, and we’ll go there looking for three points.”

Barnes was drafted back into the XI on a bobbly Cepheus Park Randers pitch and gave Leicester, who went into the return leg after a 4-1 win at the King Power Stadium last week, an even bigger cushion after 100 seconds.

Randers spurned several opportunities to at least drag themselves back into the contest on the evening and were punished by James Maddison’s double before Stephen Odey scored a late consolation for the hosts.

Leicester, who failed to progress from the group stage of the Europa League, will next face Rennes, with the first leg of the tie to be played on March 10 at the King Power Stadium and the return in France a week later.

“It’s a great chance for us to go and get some silverware. We’ve put ourselves in a good position