What’s going wrong for Rodgers at Leicester?

Questionable tactics inviting pressure

As mentioned earlier, the majority of tactical decisions that Rodgers has made, I have been in support of with the few exceptions here and there. Yet this season the LCFC manager has made some questionable decisions that have come back to bite Leicester.

In the Foxes’ most recent Premier League game against Brighton and Hove Albion, Patson Daka opened the scoring shortly after the commencement of the second half. Subsequently, the City gaffer decided to shut up shop and attempt to hold onto a 1-0 lead rather than take the game to the visitors, inviting pressure onto the Foxes backline.

This resulted in Brighton being able to snatch a late equaliser after facing little to no pressure for the majority of the second half. This isn’t the first instance that Leicester have let a lead slip due to sitting back and allowing the opposition to attack.

In December, the Foxes blew a two-goal lead to Liverpool after deciding to sit back and attempt to absorb the persistent pressure rom the Merseyside outfit. This would have the same fate as the Brighton fixture with Leicester City failing to hold on.

Now I have no problem with Rodgers advising the players to sit back in an attempt to hold on to a lead. But that is something that I can only support for the final five minutes of a close encounter. Not for upwards of half an hour when the game is still there to be won.

And it appears that the players aren’t a fan of this either, with James Justin voicing his frustration with the side allowing Brighton to attack consistently.