Ruud van Nistelrooy got off to a flying start as Leicester City boss with a much-needed 3-1 win against West Ham United at the King Power Stadium.

The Foxes are now four points ahead of the bottom three, thanks to the win, and have ended their run of six games without a win.

But the defeat piles on more pressure for beleaguered West Ham boss Julen Lopetegui, who was jeered by his own club's fans during the game.

Jamie Vardy got the new Van Nistelrooy regime off to a flying start with the opening goal in just the second minute. The veteran striker's goal was initially ruled out for offside, but it was allowed to stand after a lengthy four-minute VAR review.

West Ham did well to recover from going behind and came close to equalising through Danny Ings, who was one of five changes from Lopetegui that evening. His header hit the woodwork after a deflection.

The pressure kept up on the hosts, but Mads Hermansen's five first-half saves meant the Foxes kept their lead going into the break.

Despite the visitors being on top, Leicester doubled their lead through Bilal El Khannouss just moments after West Ham saw an 'equaliser' ruled out for a foul off the ball. Tomas Soucek was the culprit after the midfielder was adjudged to have impeded Hermansen in the area prior to the ball bouncing past the Foxes' keeper.

Bobby De Cordova-Reid had a shot ruled out but the Foxes scored their third goal through Patterson Daka in stoppage time to cap the new manager's debut.

Substitute Niklas Fulkrug scored his first goal for the club in the 93rd minute but time was running out as Leicester won at home.

West Ham had 31 shots in the game, their most in a Premier League match since 2005-06. It was also the most shots by a losing away team in the Premier League since November 2010 (Chelsea, 32 v Birmingham).

Meanwhile, Lopetegui's side have now lost eight games this season and face his former club Wolves next Monday, and if they don't do well, his departure looks certain.