Leicester’s Brendan Rodgers feeling mounting stress after 6-2 loss to Tottenham

Below-pressure Leicester City supervisor Brendan Rodgers mentioned he would respect any resolution made about his future by the membership’s homeowners after his facet’s season hit a brand new low with a 6-2 defeat at Tottenham Hotspur within the Premier League on Saturday.

Leicester had opened the scoring via Youri Tielemans penalty and have been nonetheless very a lot within the sport as they trailed 3-2 with somewhat below 20 minutes left on the clock.

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However a shocking, quick-fire hat-trick by Son Heung-Min off the bench left Leicester reeling after their sixth successive league defeat.

They’re presently backside of the desk with one level from their opening seven video games, they usually have already conceded 22 objectives.

Because the Premier League takes a two-week break for the worldwide window, Rodgers is the favorite to grow to be the following supervisor to be proven the door.

Requested if he was feeling the stress, Rodgers, who took over in February 2019 and guided Leicester to consecutive fifth-placed finishes earlier than, informed Sky Sports activities: “It will increase the stress on me very a lot so. I are available in on daily basis and do my work. I completely perceive the frustration of supporters. I can not conceal from that. It is my accountability.

“No matter occurs I will have an enormous quantity of respect for them [the owners] as a result of they’ve given me nice help. I perceive the sport. The scoreline did not replicate the sport however the backside line is it is a heavy defeat.

“No matter occurs to me at Leicester whether or not I keep and struggle on, I will at all times respect them.”

Rodgers had raised eyebrows when he appeared to criticise the owners over Leicester’s lack of strengthening in the summertime switch window.

The outcome at Tottenham was harsh on Leicester, who have been matching their high-flying hosts for lengthy durations with James Maddison‘s purpose sending them in degree on 2-2 at half-time.

They virtually made it 3-3 as effectively when Patson Daka had a header brilliantly saved by Hugo Lloris.

“For 73 minutes it was an excellent sport and we have been arguably the higher facet with the possibilities we created. We received punished for errors,” Rodgers mentioned.

“I requested the gamers to play with braveness and be courageous, they usually have been that. We conceded early within the second half for 3-2 and Hugo Lloris makes an important save for 3-3.

“Then we lose the ball they usually break free. At 4-2 it turns into open and that is about managing the sport and the scoreline. The scoreline appears to be like worse than the sport was.

“I really feel for the gamers. They did not deserve that.”

Regardless of his perilous place, Rodgers sounded a defiant observe, saying he was nonetheless assured he might flip it round.

“It is a problem I’ll relish,” Rodgers mentioned. “Now we are able to solely look ahead.”