Leicester City manager Claude Puel has suggested that his side must beat Burnley this weekend should the Foxes want to challenge for a Europa League finish this season.
The former Premier League champions go into Saturday's contest in eighth place in the table, six points behind seventh-placed Burnley.
Seventh would be enough to clinch a Europa spot should Southampton not win the FA Cup, and Puel has insisted that his players must give themselves a fighting chance of appearing on the continent by ending the season strongly.
"Yes. Of course it is a decisive game, an important game. We need a result," Puel told reporters when asked if the match was a must-win game.
"These next two games, including the one against Southampton, will decide if we play for something at the end of the season or not. It will be a good challenge."
The Foxes found themselves in 14th spot in the table and just one point above the relegation places when Puel took over from Craig Shakespeare in October 2017.
Christopher Dodd
