Leicester City boss Brendan Rodgers is not giving up hope of
a top-four finish and has told Chelsea and Liverpool they still have tough
games to come.
The Foxes lost 2-1 to fellow top four rivals Chelsea at
Stamford Bridge on Tuesday evening, leaving them on fourth place with 66
points.
Liverpool can move level with them with a win over Burnley
and can secure a place in the top four on the final day of the season when the
Reds face Crystal Palace and Leicester host Tottenham.
Rodgers says Leicester are still confident they can secure a
top four finish though, warning that Liverpool are in for a tough match at
Burnley.
He said: “I've said all along we’ll see where we’re at after
38 games. In the last week, we’ve beaten the Europa League finalists and
Champions League finalists, and won the FA Cup.
"Now we’ll recover and get ready for the the weekend.
All we can do is get three points there and see where it takes us.
"The maturity in the team and how they’ve fought has
allowed us to get into this position.
“We know we can win big games, let’s see if we can do it
again. It will be great because we've got supporters in. You could sense the
difference fans made tonight, so that will make a big difference for us.
“For us, it’s about ourselves, we could never control what
Liverpool or Chelsea has done. If we arrive in the top four, it will be a
monumental effort.
“Every team has a hard game, Liverpool have Burnley and Crystal Palace who are tough teams to play against, Chelsea have to go to Villa, we play Tottenham. We can only focus on ourselves.”
Before Rodgers added: “I said to the players towards the end
we needed more patience, we were rushing it in the last 15 minutes, we could
have had one or two more like Ayo’s chance if we had done that.
“But the players have fought until the end. It speaks
volumes when you see the reaction of Chelsea afterwards in how important they
see the victory. We’re fighting to at that level.”
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