Leicester City sent Rennes warning after ‘devastating’ performance

Leicester City travel to Rennes on Thursday as they look to make it through to the quarter-finals of the Europa Conference League.

A 2-0 win over the French side in last week’s home leg gives them an advantage ahead of the trip over the channel. Goals from Marc Albrighton and Kelechi Iheanacho mean that a clean sheet will see City through to the final eight.

City though, do go into the game off the back of a 2-0 loss against Arsenal on Sunday afternoon, bringing to an end a run of four straight wins and three clean sheets. But it was a different story for Rennes at the weekend.

Bruno Genesio’s team raced into a 4-0 lead in their Ligue 1 match vs Lyon on Sunday. Two late goals did see the home side pull the score back to 4-2, but Rennes’ attacking display earned praise.

“Rennes’ devastating 4-2 win at Lyon this weekend underlined their status as the most thrilling attacking outfit in Ligue 1, if not Europe,” Get French Football News’ Adam White wrote in the Guardian. “They were 4-0 up after 49 minutes.

“Bruno Génésio’s team are everything PSG are not. They have scored a host of stunning team goals this season from a series of effortlessly fluid, graceful, snappy moves. Few teams can halt their elusive interplay and interchangeability.”

City will go into the game looking to defend the two-goal lead, but are likely to face a team full of confidence after the weekend’s performance. It means that they will again have to be vigilant when it comes to defending as Rennes look to turn around the tie.

The first 20 minutes of the match at the King Power Stadium was evidence of the quality that the French outfit have in their side, before City were able to get a handle on the game. An early third goal for City would certainly