This is the awkward moment Russell Martin appeared to be snubbed by his own players in Leicester City's thumping cup win.
The former Rangers boss watched his side claim a 6-1 victory over Fulham under-21s at the King Power Stadium on Tuesday night.
However, there was an awkward moment in the first half as Admir Bristric opened the scoring, netting the first goal of his hat-trick.
After firing home, the striker made his way towards Martin to celebrate and looked to be encouraging his team-mates to join him.
But, only Caled Okori and ex-Hibs defender Warren O'Hora joined him to embrace Martin after the first of six goals on the night for the hosts.
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Reflecting on the match and result, Martin said: “On the whole, a really positive night. The intention to make it that was good. All in all, it’s really pleasing because these games can be difficult sometimes. You have to turn them into the game you want it to be and we did.
“We have to try and live there all the time. We had it at MK Dons and Barnsley when we were so dominant and should win the games but that’s the next bit for us and we have to create that. We’re this close from being a really good team. We can feel that inside the building, we all can.
“Everyone feels that it’s coming and we worked a lot after Saturday on creating a bit more and having a bit more conviction in the box. We aren’t always going to be successful, we’re going to fail sometimes. But if we do, it’ll be in our way."
