Winger Marc Albrighton said Leicester City cannot afford to be so wasteful in front of goal if they are to drag themselves off the foot of the Premier League.
City slumped to the foot of the table after their 3-2 defeat at QPR on Saturday but have a great opportunity to lift themselves back into the pack this week.
They entertain Liverpool tomorrow night and then travel to Aston Villa on Sunday, two sides who have also experienced poor runs of form recently.
Although it was QPR who had the lions' share of a Premier League record of 52 shots on goal in the match (33 to City's 19), it was Leicester who created the more clear-cut opportunities but squandered them.
Striker Jamie Vardy could have had a hat-trick on another day, while Riyad Mahrez also missed a golden chance.
Albrighton said City cannot afford to be so wasteful against the Reds tonight.
"I think we just need to start putting away our chances and capitalise on the chances we have been creating," said Albrighton.
"We are creating chances and, if we do that against Liverpool and Villa, take our chances and get back to being tough to score against, we will have no problems.
"It is very disappointing because QPR is the sort of game we look to get maximum points from. To come away with nothing is very disappointing.
"We started well and we created a lot of chances but we just can't seem to be able to put them away at the minute.
"When you are leaking goals like we did, it is going to be difficult to win games.
"It is unlike us to concede goals like that. The defensive players we have are solid but, if we are going to do it, we need to put away our chances at the other end."
Although Liverpool picked up a victory over Stoke at Anfield, manager Brendan Rodgers has come in for criticism as Liverpool have failed to match their performances of last season.
Albrighton said City should try to capitalise on the negativity.
"We have two big games coming up, Liverpool at home and then away at Villa," said Albrighton.
"They are games we are looking to get points from. I think we will go again and see what we can do.
"The games are big for us. Liverpool, although they won on Saturday, it is a good time to play them.
"They are probably short of confidence and we will have the crowd behind us at the King Power Stadium. Hopefully we can get something there.
"Then Villa, a local derby, and they are in no great form at the moment either.
"That will be another scrap but we will look to get maximum points."
