What Rodgers got wrong in Leicester 2-2 Brentford

Was Brendan Rodgers entirely at fault for Leicester City’s collapse?

Whilst the manager must take the majority of the responsibility for the last half an hour, the players are ultimately the ones who carry out the performance on the pitch. Even though they were limited by Rodgers’ stubbornness to change things up, the goals were very preventable on an individual level.

I do not like to single players out for criticism but Daniel Amartey showed exactly why he is not cut out to start for LCFC every week. For the first hour of the game, Amartey was excellent in passing through the lines and keeping the Foxes in control. The issue is that the Ghanaian is always prone to making crucial errors.

In this case, he was culpable on two counts for Brentford’s first goal. Firstly, he failed to hold the defensive line, dropping deep to play Ivan Toney onside. Secondly, he did not get tight enough to the striker, getting bullied at the expense of a goal. One does question whether Caglar Soyuncu is better suited to play as LCB in future, despite the Turk’s shortcomings.

As for the second goal, this was no player’s fault in particular, but more a collective failure to close down the attacker. Again, this was hindered by the lack of a dynamic midfielder due to KDH’s withdrawal. All in all, the players and especially Brendan Rodgers must learn quickly the art of game management, otherwise, FOL fears an impatient LCFC fanbase may soon start to turn against the Northern Irishman.