Saturday 21 November 2015 19:55, UK
Steve McClaren says Newcastle's 3-0 defeat at home to Leicester was his side's worst performance of the season so far.
The Magpies fell behind to Jamie Vardy's strike on the stroke of half-time, the 10th consecutive Premier League game in which he has scored, before Leonardo Ulloa and Shinji Okazaki netted after the break.
Newcastle remain 17th in the Premier League following the result, one point clear of the relegation zone.
"It was the worst performance we've had this season, very disappointing," he said.
"And off the back of what has been a very good run. Believe you me the message to them is back on the training field on Monday and try to get some consistency in our performances.
"We've had a big setback today, but that wasn't us, that was nowhere near good enough, and all we can do is lick our wounds and work hard and make sure we're better next week.
"We know we've got the talent, but we have got to fight for that every day."
McClaren was also full of praise for Claudio Ranieri's Leicester side, who he admitted were better than Newcastle in every department.
"I can give nothing but praise to Leicester," he added. "As bad as we were was as good as they were.
"It was a team performance, they were very well organised and didn't allow us to play. We couldn't handle it."
