Third-placed Leicester City will lock horns with the Premier League leaders Liverpool on Saturday.
Brendan Rodgers has claimed that Leicester City defender Ricardo Pereira is ‘up there’ with the ‘sensational’ Liverpool youngster Trent Alexander-Arnold and Manchester City’s Kyle Walker.
Right-back Pereira will be lining up against Liverpool at the weekend when Rodgers takes his high-flying Foxes to Anfield for what is set to be a mouthwatering contest.
Over the weekend, Pereira helped his team record a thumping 5-0 win over hopeless Newcastle United – the flying fullback opened the scoring on the day.
Speaking to Match of the Day 2 (29/09/2019) Rodgers thinks Pereira can be spoken in the same breath as some of the best fullbacks in the country.
“He’s up there with the best fullbacks in the league,” Rodgers told MOTD2. “I worked with young Trent at Liverpool and he’s been sensational since he has broken into the team.
“Kyle [Walker] obviously at Manchester City. He’s certainly a boy who is up there. You see him go forward and he’s so fluent in his running.”
Rodgers will return to his old stomping ground on Saturday and he will be hoping to end Liverpool’s 100% start to the season.
Pereira will have a chance to showcase his worth at Anfield where Rodgers and his players have a real chance of showing what they are about.
If they can somehow earn all three points, or even a point, then it’ll come a long way in helping them secure European football this season.
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