Leicester boss Rodgers denies system cost Man Utd result

Football
18 Sep 2019 • 1:23 PM MYT
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Leicester City boss Brendan Rodgers has dismissed suggestions his system stifled creativity in Saturday's 1-0 loss to Manchester United.

Rodgers changed from a 4-3-3 to a more defensive 4-4-1-1, which saw playmaker James Maddison pushed out wide.

But the Northern Irishman doesn't think it was the system that caused the result.

"We have played a few systems and sometimes haven't created chances," he said. "It worked well for us at Chelsea, it worked well for us there where we played one winger on the inside, a midfield player on the outside.

"I suppose, if you look at Manchester United, they do similar. They have young Daniel James as an ou-and-out winger on the one side and Pereira on the inside.

"It's something that you will do to try to get your numbers in midfield.

"I just think, first half, we just didn't connect the game well enough from behind, through the midfield. We were much better as the game wore on, but it's something we can look at."