Brendan Rodgers provides injury news on Leicester’s Ricardo Pereira
Leicester City boss Brendan Rodgers provides injury news on Ricardo Pereira, who had to be substituted in the win against Sheffield United.
A “win” probably isn’t an appropriate enough description of Leicester City’s dismantling of the Blades on Sunday. In fact, following slight trepidation early on from the Foxes, their play rapidly became intrepid.
Kelechi Iheanacho scored a maiden hat-trick for the east Midlands side on the day; he also made a touching gesture after the match, read more on that here. The Nigerian goalscorer is refining his game and seemingly, most importantly for him, enjoying a significant increase in confidence.
Meanwhile Jamie Vardy returned to goal involvements himself. Sadly the former-England man didn’t score himself, yet his contribution of three assists evokes the wonderful impression Harry Kane of Tottenham Hotspur gave by diversifying his play this season. Hopefully Vardy will net again against Manchester United in the FA Cup.
Speaking of that competition, manager Brendan Rodgers provided details of the injury sustained by crucial squad member, Ricardo.
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Injury news on Leicester City’s Ricardo Pereira
Directly below is a tweet from injuries analyst Ben Dinnery. In which the Fantasy Premier League expert quotes the Leicester boss on the Portuguese.
💬 Rodgers: “Ricardo felt a tightness in his hamstring. It didn’t go away but he felt it that little bit tighter so there was no need for us to take the risk. We needed to bring him off.” #LCFC
— Ben Dinnery (@BenDinnery) March 14, 2021
As you can read and decipher for yourselves, the wingback suffered “tightness in his hamstring”. Therefore Rodgers, along with his staff, were correct to withdraw Ricardo from proceedings at half-time: while the Portugal international is vital, ensuring his prolonged inclusion is imperative, as opposed to seeing out the 5-0 triumph.
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At this stage, Rodgers’ comments neither confirm that the 25-year-old will be fit, or indeed that he’ll be unavailable for the upcoming Red Devils quarter-finals clash. However, if one has to guess from what the gaffer said, it was a precaution and Ricardo should be available on Sunday afternoon.