Brendan Rodgers launches remarkable criticism of Leicester squad ahead of Liverpool clash

Leicester City boss Brendan Rodgers has issued a strong statement to his squad ahead of their trip to Liverpool on Thursday.

The current FA Cup holders crashed out of the competition in a 4-1 defeat to Nottingham Forest on Sunday.

The Foxes currently sit tenth in the Premier League table through a mixture of inconsistent form as well as several postponed matches, with a midweek trip to Anfield up next.

But after his side’s latest defeat, former Liverpool manager Rodgers has suggested that some members of his squad are “not top players” and are now playing for their futures at the club.

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“We’ve had a really good two-and-a-half-year spell,” Rodgers said after the heavy defeat to Forest..

“But that’s why a lot of these players are not top players. Because they can’t sustain it. That’s where I have admiration for the really top players who can keep that hunger and desire to win, no matter how much they achieve.

“I always judge it on the physicality