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Matchday With The Manager: City Back To Winning Ways & Arsenal's Threat

Brendan Rodgers believes Leicester City can derive a significant degree of confidence from Thursday's UEFA Europa League success ahead of Sunday's visit to Arsenal in the Premier League.

2020-10-25T06:00:00.000Z

Matchday With The Manager: City Back To Winning Ways & Arsenal's Threat

Brendan Rodgers believes Leicester City can derive a significant degree of confidence from Thursday's UEFA Europa League success ahead of Sunday's visit to Arsenal in the Premier League.

2020-10-25T06:00:00.000Z

Matchday With The Manager: City Back To Winning Ways & Arsenal's Threat

Brendan Rodgers believes Leicester City can derive a significant degree of confidence from Thursday's UEFA Europa League success ahead of Sunday's visit to Arsenal in the Premier League.

2020-10-25T06:00:00.000Z

Matchday With The Manager: City Back To Winning Ways & Arsenal's Threat

Brendan Rodgers believes Leicester City can derive a significant degree of confidence from Thursday's UEFA Europa League success ahead of Sunday's visit to Arsenal in the Premier League.

2020-10-25T06:00:00.000Z

Matchday With The Manager: City Back To Winning Ways & Arsenal's Threat

Brendan Rodgers believes Leicester City can derive a significant degree of confidence from Thursday's UEFA Europa League success ahead of Sunday's visit to Arsenal in the Premier League.

2020-10-25T06:00:00.000Z

Following successive disappointments in the Premier League, which were preceded by three straight victories, the Foxes enjoyed a 3-0 success over Zorya Luhansk in Europe on Thursday.

A return to domestic duties sees City head to the capital to tackle Mikel Arteta's improving Gunners on Sunday and Rodgers is hopeful his youthful side can use that result as a source of confidence.

"You just move onto the next game, I think that’s what’s important," the Northern Irishman said in the days leading up to Sunday's clash with the 13-time champions of England.

"I think we didn’t deserve to lose the Aston Villa game, but we did. So, it was important that we analysed the game and reflected on it and then moved on because the games come thick and fast.

"It was important to get a good performance and result (against Luhansk). We’ve done that with our first points in Europe and now we move on to the next game, which will be an exciting game for us."

Rodgers is under no illusions concerning the challenge Arsenal will pose for the Foxes at Emirates Stadium on Sunday and the 47-year-old was full of praise for Arteta's work in charge.

"I think Mikel's done an excellent job," he continued. "He’s gone in and, firstly, given them a structure and a base to play from.

"He obviously went in early and was playing 4-3-3, but then realised that maybe the players he had, he wanted to change the structure. Since he’s done that, they’ve been outstanding.

"They have a belief in how they play, a great structure to the team, they work very hard, and then on top of that, they’ve got top quality players.

"They look like they have a really good spirit and they believe in what he’s coaching and what he and his staff are doing with them and he’s done great."

Leicester have had to work with several players missing over previous weeks - which is set to continue into the winter months - as Ricardo Pereira, Çağlar Söyüncü and Wilfred Ndidi recover from injury.

Speaking earlier this week, Rodgers revealed how a manager's role is to support those players as individuals as they continue their rehabilitation at the Club's training ground.

"I always like to do that," he explained. "For me, the players who are playing are normally, in the main, happy. It’s the ones that aren’t playing so much and those injured players.

"I tend to like to take the time in the treatment room to speak to the players to try and encourage them in their recovery process.

"It doesn’t matter what personality someone is, if they’re quiet or if they’re not. Everyone has that sensitive side and it’s just about reaching out and understanding when to reach out for that support."

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