Gary Lineker sends Leeds United message as Leicester City injury boost revealed

The latest Leicester City headlines from LeicestershireLive on Monday, March 7, 2022.

Brendan Rodgers has confirmed that both James Maddison and Ricardo Pereira should make a return from injury for the Europa Conference League clash against Rennes on Thursday.

Both players were left out of the squad for Saturday’s 1-0 win over Leeds United, with Rodgers revealing that there was a major doubt over the two ahead of the game.

Maddison underwent a late assessment on a back problem before the clash against Leeds but featuring in the weekend’s game was deemed too much of a risk, while Ricardo was taken off at half-time of the win over Burnley due to tightness in his hamstring

“Hopefully he’ll be ok for Thursday,” Rodgers said about Maddison in his post-match press conference.

Gary Lineker has admitted that Leeds United were 'a bit unfortunate' to lose against Leicester City yesterday.

Harvey Barnes scored the only goal of the game midway through the second half in a match where Brendan Rodgers ' side registered 12 fewer shots than their opponents managed at the King Power Stadium.

City could call upon Kasper Schmeichel to keep a second straight clean sheet on the occasion that the 35-year-old moved onto the all-time Leicester podium for making the third most appearances alongside Graham Cross and Adam Black.

Fellow Foxes legend Lineker also alluded to the upturn in shutouts in the aftermath.

Leicester City loanee George Hirst received a standing ovation from Portsmouth fans on Saturday after scoring a brace in their 4-0 win over Accrington Stanley.

The 23-year-old opened the scoring after a quarter of an hour with a first-time finish into the bottom corner and added another soon after the half-time break by firing