Rodgers feeling a bit peaky

BRENDAN RODGERS has warned that Leicester City may have already reached their peak as he tries to pick them up from their devastating defeat to Tottenham and reignite a European push.

The Leicester boss branded football the ‘University of Adversity’ after his side threw away a lead deep into stoppage time in their devastating and dramatic defeat in midweek.

He must find a way to inspire his injury-hit team to put disappointment behind them as they welcome Brighton to the King Power Stadium this afternoon with the club as close to the Premier League relegation zone as they are to the top seven.

Rodgers says he’s still ‘excited’ for the challenge of getting Leicester into Europe but admits that their two successive fifthplaced finishes and FA Cup triumph could be as good as they can achieve with their finances compared to their rivals.

‘We’re not too far from where our budget is,’ said Rodgers. ‘I’ve a dose of realism from when I came in here. I said I wanted to disrupt the market and we have done that. We have won things — which is great.’

No side has suffered as many injuries this season as Leicester who are still missing key players such as Jamie Vardy, Jonny Evans and Wesley Fofana.

Rodgers added: ‘Progress has been hampered a little bit this season. With success, what happens is that you have two fifth-placed finishes and then you qualify for European football, people think you have created a foundation for success but for a club like ourselves, it may be the pinnacle.’