Leicester supervisor Brendan Rodgers is assured his gamers will bounce again rapidly from their Anfield penalty shoot-out heartbreak to satisfy the appreciable problem of dealing with Premier League leaders Manchester Metropolis.
The Foxes twice conceded a two-goal lead within the midweek Carabao Cup quarter-final in opposition to Liverpool – together with an equaliser deep into added time – after which misplaced on spot-kicks.
Extra accidents had been sustained within the course of – striker Jamie Vardy performed the final 20 minutes with a good hamstring whereas defenders Caglar Soyuncu and Ricardo Pereira had been pressured off – which doesn’t make their job any simpler on Boxing Day.
Leicester have a good latest document in opposition to Metropolis, with two wins within the final 4 conferences, however Pep Guardiola’s aspect look a special prospect this season.
“There may be all the time disappointment however I mentioned earlier than the sport ‘You might be coming to Anfield, an amazing place to play, and no matter occurs let’s impose our means’,” mentioned Rodgers.
“That’s what I’ve all the time had from these gamers. They’ve been aggressive in opposition to the perfect groups within the nation and we noticed that, we simply couldn’t do sufficient to recover from the road.
“They’re such an sincere bunch of gamers and it’s all the time disappointing if you lose however I’ll get them going once more.
“They (Metropolis) are taking part in nicely on the minute, so we are going to simply should see the place we’re at after which devise a plan with the gamers accessible and see what we are able to do.
“It doesn’t seem like there are too many (Metropolis) gamers out, they’ve had a free week with out a midweek recreation. They’re an excellent aspect with technical gamers, world-class gamers, and they’re used to successful.
“We’ve completed OK in opposition to them nevertheless it’s going to be an enormous problem for us and we have to play with the spirit we performed with in opposition to Liverpool.”
Their final two wins had been within the Neighborhood Defend in August and a exceptional 5-2 victory on the Etihad in September 2020.
Nevertheless, Metropolis are on an eight-match successful run within the league and have didn’t win solely one of many final 11.
“I feel you see from the sport at Liverpool we are able to rating targets, we’re artistic, however we now have to see what we now have accessible on the weekend and we are going to attempt to provide you with a plan to get a end result,” Rodgers added.
“We went there final season and received a unbelievable win. You recognize the problem you might be up in opposition to: they are going to dominate the ball and are good in transition and have the boldness to play in order that’s the problem on the weekend.
“They’ve prime gamers, not too many accidents. They’ll rotate and alter and they’re taking part in their recreation, a high-level positioning recreation. They’re nearly press-resistant, they’ll play by way of strain and if you sit deep they’ve gamers of actual intelligence to seek out areas.
“You need to play with braveness, and when you could have the ball it’s a must to exploit the areas.”
A participant who will probably be key to that’s James Maddison who’s having fun with a run of 5 targets in his final seven appearances – the most recent of which was an excellent dipping strike in opposition to Liverpool.
“He’s an actual risk and to attain on the Kop finish a objective of that high quality he’ll all the time keep in mind that, an amazing strike,” mentioned Rodgers.
“He’s beginning to get again to the degrees and producing, which is what he has to do: create targets, rating targets, work exhausting, and he’s doing all of that.”
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