Is this Leicester's last chance to avoid relegation?

Leicester City have won just one of their past 17 matches in all competitions [Getty Images] Leicester City boss Gary Rowett says his side have one final chance to save themselves from relegation. The East Midlands club are second-from-bottom and four points adrift of safety after crumbling to a 1-0 home defeat against mid-table Swansea. Afterwards Rowett confessed that his 10 matches in charge "have felt like 40", such was the dispirited performance after conceding what he described as a "ridiculous" goal on a counter attack that started on the edge of Swansea's penalty area.

Leicester face relegation rivals Portsmouth next who could be seven points clear of the Foxes by Saturday if they manage to beat Ipswich in their midweek game. "We have to go show some sort of responsibility and go fight and try create a way to win a game a different way, it doesn't have to be perfect," he told BBC Radio Leicester. "We have to go to Portsmouth and win the game, simple as that.

If we don't win the game, my belief is that it's our last chance. " Listen to BBC Radio Leicester's When You're Smiling podcast Vipotnik strike deepens Leicester's relegation fears Ipswich looking good but Foxes look doomed - Aaron McLean's EFL takeaways Rowett certainly lived up to his reputation for straight-talking when confessing to how bad a situation Leicester are in with four games remaining. There has been a chorus of agreement from former players, media pundits and Foxes supporters in the days since - with some of the most prominent voices pointing out that the the grim situation the club finds itself should not come as a surprise.

Since winning promotion as Championship title winners two seasons ago, Leicester have won just 17 of their 80 league games, and are in danger of suffering back-to-back relegations. If being in the second tier as the club marks the 10-year anniversary of winning the Premier League title was not already damning proof of their recent decline, the fact they could now have their place in the third tier confirmed even before the milestone date is reached on 2 May underlines that English football's fairytale is now a living nightmare. Supporters have often booed performances, called for sporting director Jon Rudkin to leave the club and owner Khun Aiyawatt 'Top' Srivaddhanaprabha to sell up during a season of discontent.