Brendan Rodgers Promises To “Fight On” Despite Another Heavy Defeat

Written By Jacobs Dunga

The Foxes were walloped 6-2 by Antonio Conte’s Tottenham Hotspur on Saturday in their seventh game of the season.

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Brendan Rodgers on Saturday yet again watched on haplessly as his team were battered by Spurs.

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The Northern Irish manager has seen his side struggle heavily this season after finishing eighth last term.

The Foxes have lost their last six games in the league with their only point coming in the opening game of the season at home to Brentford.

Rodgers won the FA Cup two seasons ago after having taken over the reins in 2019 from Frenchman Claude Puel.

The former Liverpool manager however believes his team can well overcome their present predicament, he made this known while speaking to BBC after the defeat on Saturday.

“I always believe we can overcome it.

“You didn’t see a team today that is short of confidence, that is always a good sign.

“I will always fight on, but I understand the game and six straight losses isn’t good for anyone.”

In another interview, he said: “I totally understand the frustration of supporters. I can’t hide from that. It’s my responsibility.

“Whatever happens I’ll have a huge amount of respect for them [the owners] because they’ve given me great support. I understand the game. Whatever happens to me at Leicester whether I stay and continue to fight on, I’ll always respect them.”

Rodgers now faces a potential dismissal following the team’s porous run of form which has seen them concede four or more goals in a single game thrice in seven games.

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Midfielder James Maddison has backed his manager by saying the players also should share part of the blame.

The mercurial midfielder who has been in a good form personally despite his team’s woes spoke to SkySports after the game and backed his manager over the club’s current misfortunes.

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He went on to say in the interview that the scores does not reflect the dimension of the game as they have a good fight and did not deserve to lose by such margin.

“People will check the scoreline and see 6-2 and think ‘wow, Leicester got battered again’ but I don’t think that was the case,” he told Sky Sports.

“In the first half it felt like the Leicester we know and the Brendan Rodgers side we’ve produced in the last few years, with the high press and creating chances. It is tough to take.

“The players should definitely be taking some of the brunt [not just Rodgers]. It is a collective, it’s not the manager, we are an XI out there. It hurts when you really respect the manager and ultimately we are the players out there and we haven’t been delivering recently.”

The club could however be getting the much needed break with the international break next on the calendar which gives the board enough time to reflect on what’s next for the club.

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