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Leicester City take a 2-0 advantage into next week’s Europa Conference League round of 16 second leg tie against French side Rennes.

Goals from Marc Albrighton and Kelechi Iheanacho were the difference between the two sides as City picked up another clean sheet.

Here are the talking points from Thursday night’s win at the King Power Stadium.

Ask City fans a player who has scored some of the most significant goals in Europe for the club, there won’t be many that leave Marc Albrighton’s name off the list.

The 32-year-old scored his third European goal for the club in emphatic fashion to give City the lead on Thursday.

It’s a goal that not many fans in attendance will forget in a hurry, just like his other two goals, which came in the Champions League.

Albrighton holds the honour of being the first City player to score in the competition with his goal against Club Brugge back in 2016. He also scored the goal against Sevilla that sealed a place in the last 16 in the memorable run in the competition.

The winger was one of three of City’s title winners starting against Rennes, lining up alongside Kasper Schmeichel and Daniel Amartey.

He’s not always been a regular in the starting lineup in recent season, but is a player who Rodgers has turned to in recent weeks with him starting the last six games in all competitions.

Some of those appearances have come in right-back, not his first choice position, but he’s a player that can always be relied upon to deliver a solid performance wherever he is playing.

Albrighton was linked with a move away from City last summer with Burnley said to be interested. Instead, he put pen-to-paper on a new three-year-deal.

With a goal and assist against Rennes, Albrighton proved that keeping