FORMER England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson hopes victory at Glanford Park will prove a turning point for his expensively assembled new-look Leicester City squad.

After collecting just one point from their previous four games, the Foxes found their predatory instincts once again to finish decisive 3-0 winners against Scunthorpe United.

And Eriksson is hoping his side can now gate-crash the end of season play-offs.

It was a performance which delighted the Swede, who had some harsh words with his players after a midweek defeat at home to Norwich.

"I think it was very much a deserved win," he said.

"Last time out against Norwich we lost in a bad way, with scrappy goals from set-plays and bad organisation against long balls.

"We have talked a lot since then and the music from our side was very different.

"Most of all, we were much more aggressive and that's why we won the game.

"The boys came back in a brilliant way.

"It was a difficult place to come because Scunthorpe are fighting for their lives.

"The pitch is what it is but we tried to play at the right moments, when there was no danger because it would have been very easy to lose the ball."

Eriksson was also full of praise for Portuguese centre-back Miguel Vitor who returned to action for the first time in nearly three months and scored twice.

"He showed again that he is an excellent player," said Eriksson.

"This was a very important result for us. We have put ourselves in the queue for the play-offs.

"At this moment, with nine games to play, if we show the spirit we had today we will win a lot of games. It's up to us."