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Matchday With The Manager – Hitting The Levels Again

The markers of Leicester City's recent successes are returning to their game, says Brendan Rodgers, ahead of Sunday's Premier League trip to Wolverhampton Wanderers.

2022-02-20T07:00:00.000Z

Matchday With The Manager – Hitting The Levels Again

The markers of Leicester City's recent successes are returning to their game, says Brendan Rodgers, ahead of Sunday's Premier League trip to Wolverhampton Wanderers.

2022-02-20T07:00:00.000Z

Matchday With The Manager – Hitting The Levels Again

The markers of Leicester City's recent successes are returning to their game, says Brendan Rodgers, ahead of Sunday's Premier League trip to Wolverhampton Wanderers.

2022-02-20T07:00:00.000Z

Matchday With The Manager – Hitting The Levels Again

The markers of Leicester City's recent successes are returning to their game, says Brendan Rodgers, ahead of Sunday's Premier League trip to Wolverhampton Wanderers.

2022-02-20T07:00:00.000Z

Matchday With The Manager – Hitting The Levels Again

The markers of Leicester City's recent successes are returning to their game, says Brendan Rodgers, ahead of Sunday's Premier League trip to Wolverhampton Wanderers.

2022-02-20T07:00:00.000Z

The Foxes head to Molineux this weekend looking to build on a 4-1 win over Randers in the UEFA Europa Conference League, which itself was preceded by an encouraging performance against West Ham United, which ended in a 2-2 draw four days earlier.

It's undoubtedly been a frustrating winter for Leicester and with European football causing another crunch in their schedule, the size of the challenges facing them is set to rise once again. But Rodgers can see encouraging signs in the nature of their recent performances.

"It’s always [tough] when you always have European football and you’ve got to get them recovered and go away on the Sunday, but that’s part of success," the Northern Irishman said. "When you’ve done well and qualified to play in Europe, that’s all part of the game.

"It's a great challenge when you have the depth of squad we have. When you’re having injuries, then of course, it’s a real challenge.

"That’s what we fight for. We fight to be in European football, the prestige of getting into Europe, finishing as high as we can, and they themselves have had a great season up until now. They’ve done great and they’ll be pushing to finish as high as they can.

"We’ll get ready for it and we're looking forward to the game on Sunday."

Rodgers says Wolves' success in 2021/22 should not come as a surprise to anyone. Under Bruno Lage's management, the West Midlands outfit currently sit eighth in the Premier League standings, six points adrift of a UEFA Champions League qualification berth.

"I’m not surprised," he added. "I think Bruno’s done great since he’s come in. Obviously, he came in to work with an experienced group of players, who have done very well in the Premier League. He’s come in and added his bit to them.

"They’ve got no European football so they can prepare each week and train and they have quality players. They’ve done very, very well. They play the system very well, they’ve got dangerous players, [Raúl] Jiménez is back. He’s one of the top strikers in the league.

"They’re very well organised and he’s done really, really well. Every game we go into, we want to win. We’ll do everything we can to do that. It’s a tough place to go on the back of a European game. It’s a challenge we embrace. We’ll look to go there and play our football.

"I’m just feeling that we’re starting to get a lot more signs of the level we’ve played at for a few seasons – with the fluidity in the team, the width and creation of chances and dominating the ball. These are all things that are going back into our game.

"Whether it’s Wolves or the following games, we want to continue that mantra for the rest of the season."

City have battled against several circumstances this season. Going into the campaign as winners of the Emirates FA Cup and the FA Community Shield, optimism was high back in August, but a scarcely believable injury situation has not helped a lack of consistency in results.

"We’ve started a journey here which we’re nowhere near finished," Rodgers explained. "We’re nearly three years in working together. We’ve made some great steps, going forward. Progress isn’t always linear. There’s going to be fits and starts.

"You don’t need to be a rocket scientist, I think it’s logical, when you see the way we are this year.

"If you look at the players we’ve been missing, it’s a challenge in itself to be up there competing when you have all your fit players – especially when you’re competing with Manchester City, Liverpool, Chelsea, Manchester United, Arsenal and Tottenham. We’ll keep fighting.

"For me, it’s about returning to our level of football. I know, in time, we’ll get to that and we’ll get players back. That’s all you can do. I’ve loved every second of being here and I understand the criticism. When you don’t get results, that will always come your way. I will take that.

"I love working with the players, the Club have been very, very supportive of me, and I’ll continue to do that until I’m told otherwise.

"My idea here is to bring success to the Club, to keep challenging and to try to disrupt the top teams. That was always going to be difficult. For a few seasons, we’ve done that. My big factor in coming here also was to try to develop a team that people talk about.

"That’s always been my mantra within a club. We want to play a level of football that people enjoy watching and, with that, bring success. We’ve been able to do that. This year, clearly, is a challenge, but there’s circumstances and reasons for that. We don’t want to – and we haven’t – spoken about that.

"We’ll just continue to work and do our very best."

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