Wout Faes remained at Leicester City following their Premier League relegation last season
Leicester City have no intention of looking over their shoulders at the chasing pack in their bid for the Championship title and automatic promotion, says defender Wout Faes.
Defeat by Middlesbrough on Saturday reduced the Foxes' lead at the top of the table to nine points.
Leicester next face second-placed Leeds United at Elland Road on Friday.
"We look forward to it and hope to make the gap a little bigger again," Faes told BBC Radio Leicester.
Leeds' victory at Plymouth on Saturday returned them to second spot in the table, edging back ahead of Southampton.
Both Saints and fourth-placed Ipswich can go above Leeds on Tuesday if they win their respective midweek matches, with the Tractor Boys needing a big victory against bottom side Rotherham to edge above the Whites.
Asked if Leicester were taking note of the form of their promotion rivals, despite their clear lead at the summit, Faes said: "You look at it for sure, but I think we have to focus on ourselves.
"We have been doing amazing. We've had an amazing season and we've been winning a lot.
"And if we keep doing our own job, we don't have to look backward and I think that is that aim."
Defeat by Boro at the King Power Stadium ended Leicester's six-game unbeaten run, which included five successive victories.
Faes said the loss was "tough to take", having had 24 shots and 71% of possession against the mid-table visitors.
And while the Belgian says Leicester will approach the meeting with Leeds the same way they have every match, he admits the defeat will concentrate their focus.
"It's logic," he said.
"You have a very big game and we are winning, winning, winning and then you lose one then you want to get back to winning ways as soon as possible.
"But even if we won or drew, I think we would go with the same intensity, but now it makes it maybe 1% extra to get the result there and take the three points."
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