Leicester City boss Ruud van Nistelrooy watches on at Newcastle _(Image: Owen Humphreys)_
HAVING played at St James' Park, Ruud van Nistelrooy knew exactly what to expect at Newcastle and tried to prepare his players as best as possible.
But he admitted Leicester had no answers to the "intensity" of [Newcastle](https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/sport/football/newcastleunited/) and their fans as the Foxes [fell to a heavy defeat on Tyneside on Saturday.](https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/sport/24795263.newcastle-4-0-leicester-brilliant-magpies-thump-foxes/)
Van Nistelrooy tasted defeat for the first time since taking charge at Leicester and had no complaints, admitting the "dominant" team won.
Jacob Murphy scored twice and Bruno and Alexander Isak were also on the scoresheet as the Magpies got back to winning ways.
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Van Nistelrooy said: “We know what St James’ Park is like. It can ignite and then it will be intense. Also the profiles of the players of Newcastle, they have a lot of strong players, high intensity in pressing and in counter-attacks.
“A 4-0 defeat, we defended bad. On the ball was our challenge. We weren’t structured enough to get some good possessions going and we had some ball losses that cost us in the counter-attacks. Set-pieces was a heavy influence today on the result.
“The domination of Newcastle was clear. The team tried and did the best they could. The game was decided in the detail. The first half was a set-piece and the second one too, straight after half-time. Those are details."
He added: “From defeat, you’re always going to learn more. We also spoke about the thin margins in the Premier League, where everything has to be right to get results.
“We managed to do so in two home games. Today in the set-up, what we said before the game, in the structure on the ball, things have to improve.
“It was better in the second half, you could see some spells of what we wanted, but it was too little too late.”