Eriksson delighted for Beckford
Leicester manager Sven-Goran Eriksson hopes Jermaine Beckford has eased the pressure on himself after scoring his first goal for the club.
Beckford marked his return to the starting line up by netting the second goal in a 2-0 home win over Watford. The club record signing from Everton had a goal chalked off before finally breaking his duck in his sixth appearance since his deadline-day switch to the King Power Stadium with a well-placed header nine minutes before half-time.
"Strikers live for goals, so it was important (he scored tonight) as I know he felt the pressure," Eriksson said. "He came here and got injured and hadn't scored in the games he played before today. So it was very good that he scored."
He added: "I had a chat with him yesterday. It is very easy for strikers to become very frustrated, I don't know why. It was good to see him happy after the match because he also played very well. He ran into the channels, which he is good at, and he helped the team defend. He was very good, especially in the first half when he did exactly what I asked him to do.
"It's off his mind now. It's good for him and good for us. He has the ability to be one of the top scorers in the division."
Watford were disappointing and rarely threatened. Sean Dyche's side looked dangerous on a handful of occasions from set-pieces. Jonathan Hogg came closest for the Hertfordshire club when his thunderous volley from the edge of the area was pushed over the crossbar by Kasper Schmeichel with four minutes remaining.
Dyche felt his players allowed Leicester too much time and space in the first half, although he was pleased with their second half showing.
He said: "We talked about coming to a big club like Leicester and showing them too much respect, and we showed them too much respect in the first half.
"But we can learn from that. We did in the second half and that's the real positive we can take from it and build from.
"The mentality stayed strong and they tried to force the issue, we took the shackles off a little bit."
