Rodgers not interested in doing Liverpool a favour

Brendan Rodgers has vowed to focus only on Leicester as his side prepare to face Manchester City in the Premier League.

The former Reds manager has the chance to do his old side a favour when the Foxes play City on Monday night.

But Rodgers is focused solely on ensuring Leicester get a result

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“These are exciting games in this last period of the season and we will look to give our best,” Rodgers explained, as quoted by the Echo.

“Our only concern is ourselves. We have to concentrate on our own performance enough to get some good results in these last three games. It then gives us a great springboard to finish the season, then have a real good pre-season to get ready for next year.

“You’ve seen me play the younger players, I want to see how they are under pressure in the big games

“We will be doing everything we can, in every game, to get a result so I think its a wonderful opportunity for us. It’s certainly not a negative.”

When asked if he wanted to help Liverpool by beating City, he replied: “Not really. I am employed by Leicester. My focus is on Leicester City.

“There’s no comparison really. Liverpool back then was at a different stage. We had young players, loan players. We went from eighth to second in a couple of years, and nearly won the title, so it’s a different dynamic. We deserved to finish where we did, which was second. We just didn’t quite get over the line over the course of 38 games.

“But we showed with young players that it is possible, and lot of those players, like Jordan Henderson, who is a fantastic player, he was a young player then, and those experiences he would have learned from.

“It’s exciting to be involved and being able to effect it but my thoughts are solely with Leicester and doing what we can to get a result.”

He added: “We respect that it will be a tough game for us but we have a game and a model that can beat any team

“Our players are improving all the time, you know you have to defend very well, be strong, be aggressive, be compact. But we have speed and can be incisive to make the last pass.

“The importance is to ensure you defend well and you’re aggressive and then show qualities when we have the ball.”

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