All news from Brendan Rodgers’ pre-West Ham press conference

All the latest Leicester City news from the Brendan Rodgers press conference, prior to visiting West Ham United on Saturday.

Defeat stopped Brendan Rodgers’ four-match winning streak dead in its tracks. And it wasn’t a so-called big six team who stopped the procession. No, it was perennial Premier League strugglers Newcastle United that won at Leicester City last Friday night.

Not to put too much of a dampener on the situation currently at King Power Stadium – because the Northern Irishman has turned around fortunes, generally. Not to mention supremely lifting outlooks of staff and players. Most of all the loyal Blue Army faithful are once again indulging in wishful thinking.

Seventh is the aim for the Foxes this season, then a possible Europa League qualifying summer. Along with an eye on, according to Rodgers, remarkably breaking into the top-six premiership stalwart clubs next campaign. To do this not only will Leicester have to see off the best outfits, additionally the lesser sides must be consistently put to the proverbial sword home and away.

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Following loss to the Magpies, West Ham United host the Foxes at the London Stadium on Saturday. The pre-game press conference with the City boss took place at Leicester’s media suite on Thursday. Here’s a round-up of everything noteworthy from the presser:

"BR on Manuel Pellegrini:“He’s a really good guy. He stopped us [Liverpool] winning the title a few years back. He’s a great man, wonderfully experienced.”BR on his team’s progress:“There will be bumps and the last game was interesting to watch. We played too slowly and we will understand the difference between patience and playing slow.”BR on Manchester City Vs Tottenham Hotspur VAR drama:“The most important thing is that everyone agrees it was the right decision. It’s unfortunate for Man City but the decision was right, whether you’re football-minded or not, it’s important to come to the right decision.”BR on finishing seventh:“Our job is to finish the season as well as we can, and if that takes us to seventh, great, we’ll embrace the challenges that brings.”BR on players’ response to Newcastle loss:“We looked at it, we reflect on it and the players have been excellent and if that comes again, we would hope that we would play better.”BR on Shinji Okazaki leaving:“There’s nothing (to report) at this moment at time.”BR on Marc Albrighton starting against West Ham:“We will see. I don’t think he is ready for 90 minutes so it depends whether he starts and plays 65 or comes into the game.”Rodgers also confirmed that there are no new injuries in the Foxes squad.Credit: Leicester Mercury"

Some fascinating insight from the manager above as always. If you have any questions about what was said or the implications, please tweet us here or comment below.

West Ham versus Leicester City kicks off at 3pm BST on Saturday, April 20. If you would like a reliable source for the Hammers’ team updates, we suggest football.london.