When disorganisation and mismanagement are losing Leicester City points off the pitch, they cannot afford further self-sabotage on it.

These past two games, in the wake of Marti Cifuentes’ sacking and the PSR punishment, were a chance for City to be galvanised and offer a defiant response to adversity.

Instead, they have taken on the self-destructive tendencies eating the club inside out and dug themselves deeper into the mire.

A trip to Birmingham, high on good form, new signings and a Premier League dream, was tough enough without City gifting the Blues a goal and a man advantage.

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Ricardo Pereira’s dithering and Bobby De Cordova-Reid’s needless challenge were fatal errors from senior players who should know better.

De Cordova-Reid’s red card was City’s second in two games and their fourth in the first half of matches this season, double every other side in the Championship.

Andy King has been clear that he is just a caretaker and not the man to...