Talking Heads: Rodgers, Parker, Tielemans & Decordova-Reid Look To Craven Cottage Clash
- Brendan Rodgers and Youri Tielemans preview Leicester City's next Premier League fixture
- The Foxes face Fulham at Craven Cottage on Wednesday evening (6pm kick-off)
- Scott Parker and Bobby Decordova-Reid spoke to the media for Fulham
- Live coverage of the game begins at 4:30pm on LCFC Radio, available for free
The Foxes were beaten by Parker's Cottagers earlier in the season at King Power Stadium, but nonetheless sit in fourth place in the top-flight standings after 21 matches.
Ahead of the encounter in west London, Brendan Rodgers and Youri Tielemans spoke in the media for City, while Parker and Bobby Decordova-Reid were on press duties in the capital...
Brendan Rodgers outlines Leicester's approach to responding to setbacks: “Our consistency level was very, very good. The game, we could have easily got something from it and it was a game that’s fairly straightforward to analyse. I know for a fact how we work here and the trust we have in our process. That has always been about, when we have had a setback, to look at it and move on. That’s why we’ve been able to move on from some of the games we have lost and gone on to get some fantastic performances and results. We tend not to dwell on it so much. We’ll refocus over these next couple of days and we’ll look to then win the next game.”
Fulham manager Scott Parker told the media this week: “We’re playing against an extremely well organised, very, very good Leicester side who are going to be challenging right up there this year at the right end of the table, but I’d like to think that we can put an imprint on them as well. Brendan [Rodgers] is someone I have huge respect for. In terms of his managerial career, if you look at it from where he started out with the disappointment of going in places and getting the sack, and then building and building like he did. And now he’s one of the top, top managers in this division, and in Europe. His teams are always well organised, they’re very good teams positionally.”
Foxes midfielder Youri Tielemans in conversation with LCFC TV on Monday: “We know that there is nothing else that comes about, other than the pitch, and it’s up to us to perform well and to win the game and focus. We’re having a very good season. We have to stay like this to keep it going. If we can win the game on Wednesday, then maybe we’re back in a good run of games after. It’s going very quickly, but you can see the table is close. We don’t have to think about it, just about our performance and winning games. That’s the most important thing.”
Cottagers forward Bobby Decordova-Reid previews Wednesday's fixture with fulhamfc.com: “They’re a good team. They’ve got a few injuries which might work in our favour. We’ve beaten them once this season and we can do it again. If we go into the game with a good attitude and willingness to work hard, play our attacking football, then we’ll be fine. If we did it once, we can do it again. They’ve just come off a bad result as well. We go into the game knowing that we need a win and that if we perform well, then why not?”
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