Rodgers hails ‘absolutely outstanding’ Leicester after PSV comeback

Leicester boss Brendan Rodgers heaped praise on his side after their late show at PSV sent them into the Europa Conference League semi-finals.

James Maddison and Ricardo Pereira scored in the final 13 minutes in Eindhoven to send Leicester through 2-1 on the night and on aggregate.

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The Foxes hit back in their quarter-final second leg after going behind to Eran Zahavi’s first-half opener and will face Bodo/Glimt or Roma in the last four.

It is the first time in the Foxes’ history they have reached the semi-final of a European competition.

Rodgers said: “We’re very young in our experience as a club in Europe, but nights like this, everyone grows from it – the players, the club, the supporters – and when you get to your first semi-final it’s a great feeling.

“The boys were absolutely outstanding in the second half. When you come to finals, semi-finals and big games you don’t get a second chance.

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“They kept going and kept fighting and we scored two wonderful goals. I go into games having a script [of] how it can go, I map out different things which may happen, and I felt we needed to bring the intensity in the second half.”

After last week’s 0-0 first-leg draw in Leicester, both teams took off the shackles and Kasper Schmeichel brilliantly saved Mario Gotze’s volley after 14 minutes.

Two minutes later Harvey Barnes shot wide when through and PSV took advantage by grabbing the lead midway into the half.

Youri Tielemans’ sloppy pass was seized on by Gotze and he slipped in Zahavi to drill an angled effort low past Schmeichel.

Maddison nearly found an instant leveller only for Jordan Teze to clear his