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He was appointed manager of Leicester City on 3 October 2010 as the Foxes sat in the relegaton zone of the Championship.

His first league game in charge resulted in a 1 – 1 draw against Hull City, managed by Nigel Pearson who had managed Leicester for the previous two seasons.

This was quickly followed by Leicester's first victory under Eriksson, beating Leeds 2 – 1 at Elland Road.

Boosted by the loan signings of players such as Kyle Naughton and later Yakubu, results steadily improved under Eriksson as Leicester gradually began to climb the table, until a good run of form in the new year saw Leicester win seven of their first eight league games of 2011 and also take Premier League title-challengers and eventual cup-winners Manchester City to a replay in the FA Cup.

On 18 February 2011, after an injury-time winner from Martyn Waghorn at home to Bristol City, Leicester had climbed to 7th in the table and just one point off a play-off place.

However Leicester's form began to stutter as they won just two out of their following 11 games.

The Foxes ended up finishing the season in 10th position.