Steve Cooper desperate to do well at Leicester after criticism from fans

Leicester boss Steve Cooper is “even more committed” to succeed following negative fan chants during the penalty shoot-out victory at League Two Walsall in the Carabao Cup.

The Foxes made 10 changes and had to rely on goalkeeper Danny Ward saving spot-kicks from Taylor Allen, David Okagbue and Liam Gordon in the shoot-out to advance to the fourth round.

Charlie Lakin and Albert Adomah missed big chances for Walsall in the 90 minutes as the hosts held their own.

Chants of “Cooper sort it out” and “this is embarrassing” were heard from the 2,000 strong travelling Leicester fans, who have only seen their side win once in all competitions this season.

Cooper, who took over at the King Power Stadium in June, said: “I obviously heard the chanting from the crowd, I’ll own it and you’ll never hear me having any disrespect to fans’ opinions.

“We have to build some credit with the supporters to do the job, but I knew that anyway. It’s things like that which will make me even more committed to do well, because I’m desperate to do that.

“I want to do well for this football club – I’ve bought into what it stands for, I take that responsibility seriously.

“Nobody said this season would be easy. It’s going to be a challenging season but nobody is up for it more than me.

“We can definitely play better. I won’t be hiding away from chants, no problem with it. I’m even more committed to that now than I have been before and even that was at its maximum.”

Cooper insists his side gave the League Two outfit confidence with their sloppy performance.

He added: “An average performance at best – we gave too much hope to Walsall and the crowd.

“For all the ball we had, we weren’t enough of an attacking threat and didn’t create enough dangerous