Leicester boss Rodgers: Fantastic performance and win against Liverpool

Football
14 Feb 2021 • 7:24 AM MYT
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Leicester City boss Brendan Rodgers was delighted with the manner of their 3-1 defeat of Liverpool.

James Maddison's free-kick was followed by Jamie Vardy's 14th goal in all competitions this season, before Harvey Barnes completed the scoring on a memorable afternoon for Leicester - all inside seven dramatic second-half minutes.

"It was a terrific game," Rodgers reflected, speaking to LCFC TV at full-time. "We obviously had to withstand pressure early on. We were a little bit passive in the game, I thought.

"We didn't defend strongly enough, but we still had chances. We still showed the quality that we can play when we broke through their pressure.

"We reinforced that at half-time, that we needed to attack the game more. From a defensive perspective, we didn't have that aggression because if you stand off Liverpool, they're the Premier League champions, and they will really hurt you.

"We had a great reaction to going behind. That, a year ago, might have disappointed us, but we kept going. We got the equaliser and then we changed the shape of the team to try and win the game and we came out on the other side of a fantastic performance and win."