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Cooper will show 'humility and quietness' after first league win

Steve Cooper watches Leicester's win over Bournemouth.Image source, Getty Images
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Leicester boss Steve Cooper insists he will show "humility and quietness" after the Foxes' first win of the season.

Facundo Buonanotte's first-half strike earned them their first Premier League win of the season with victory over Bournemouth.

It lifted Leicester to 15th and they became the first promoted side to win this season, with Southampton and Ipswich still searching for a victory.

Cooper's celebrates were muted and the former Nottingham Forest manager will remain respectful as he continues to build a bond with the club and fans.

He said: "I have to build trust here, it’s clear I’ve got work to do in terms of people to really believe in me. I’m fine with that and it’s motivation because it allows me to show how much I want to be here and get this job right.

"The supporters really get behind the team here and really needed them in the second half. It’s great to win but I know we and I have a lot of work to do to be connected as I hope we will be to be a force.

"I want to show humility and quietness in getting to that stage but it’s going to take a lot of work."

Bournemouth dominated the second half and Dango Ouattara and Illia Zabarnyi hit the woodwork while Lewis Cook's free kick was disallowed for offside.

"I don’t think anyone was bumping into each other in corridors going ‘we haven’t won’. I’d have loved to do it sooner than today, we nearly have and that’s been on me," said Cooper.

"It was always going to be an edge in the second half, it’s human behaviour. I watched the last three minutes like that [thought his hands] but we got through it and got a clean sheet. We should be proud of that but completely obsessed about doing it again."