West Ham handed relegation-threatened Leicester its fourth straight Premier League loss by beating Ruud van Nistelrooy’s team 2-0.

Leicester City all but waved a white flag in their battle against relegation after a feeble surrender against West Ham. Tomas Soucek was gifted a goal on his 30th birthday and Jannik Vestergaard scored an own goal as the Foxes slipped to a meek 2-0 defeat.

Leicester sank closer to an immediate return to the Championship after West Ham pulled clear of the bottom three with a convincing 2-0 win on Thursday. Tomas Soucek and a Jannik Vestergaard own goal did for the Foxes before half-time as the Hammers climbed to 15th and 16 points

SportsLine's Martin Green has locked in his English Premier League picks for Leicester City vs. West Ham on Thursday

This is a gimme for West Ham, and it should be a routine victory for them. I just cannot make a case for Leicester to get anything here and it looks like their hopes of staying up have had it too. Like Southampton fans,

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Leicester’s miserable run continues with limp loss at West Ham - Tomas Soucek was gifted a goal on his 30th birthday and Jannik Vestergaard scored an own goal.