Brendan Rodgers believes Leicester City took advantage of gaps in midfield during their 1-0 Premier League triumph over Wolverhampton Wanderers on Sunday, speaking to the Foxes’ official website.
Another controversial handball decision will dominate the post-match discussion but you get the feeling Rodgers won’t mind.
His Leicester side continue to fly under the radar despite sitting top of the Premier League table heading into the second international break of the campaign.
After securing impressive away wins at Manchester City, Arsenal and Leeds, the 2016 champions secured their ninth win in 11 games as Jamie Vardy fired home the only goal of the game at the King Power via a contentious penalty.
Leicester caused problems in wide areas throughout and, according to Rodgers, that was no coincidence.
While most managers suffer sleepless nights at the thought of doing battle with Ruben Neves, Leander Dendoncker and co, the Leicester boss spotted an opportunity.
“I thought our positioning in the first half was very, very good. We were able to get in the back of the midfield,” Rodgers explains.
“They play with three players up there, so it opens up a little space on the side of the midfield.
“I thought we arrived into that so well in the first half in particular, so that was good. I thought we should have been more than one up at half-time and, (in the) second half, you’ve got to show your resilience.
“Again, we were probably more of a threat on the counter-attack. But I thought how the players managed the game was very, very good – just cohesively, very good, good concentration and, like I say, by the end we feel we should have won by more.”
When you’ve got players such as James Maddison and Dennis Praet drifting into the half-spaces and pulling out wide, you will always cause problems to a side that plays with attacking wing-backs and a midfield double-pivot.
At the moment, it seems everything Rodgers touches turns to gold.
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