Brendan Rodgers admits concern over Leicester's 'lack of hunger' after FA Cup thrashing at Nottingham Forest

By Daily Sports on February 7, 2022

Brendan Rodgers admits he is concerned by the lack of "hunger" being shown by his players after he watched his Leicester side relinquish their hold on the FA Cup following a 4-1 thrashing at East Midlands rivals Nottingham Forest.

Leicester won the competition for the first time in their history last season but became the second Premier League side to be dumped out of the tournament by Forest this year following a tame performance at the City Ground.

There were just 87 seconds between Forest's first two goals - the second of which was scored by Brennan Johnson after a sloppy Daniel Amartey backpass - and the Foxes found themselves 3-0 down after only 32 minutes.

Leicester were blown away by their Championship opponents and have now won just five of their last 18 fixtures in all competitions.

It left Rodgers to admit his concern at errors creeping into their game. He said: "We made mistakes and the mistakes then affect the confidence through the team. You go two quick goals behind and you're chasing the game then.

"For me, it's something that I've seen for a little period now. These players, some of them have done very well, but we lacked that hunger and physicality, which was never the case and is something that's a concern.

"We lacked stability at the back, gave away poor goals and the two quick goals rocked us. In a game of this importance - particularly a derby game, away from home - you need to have authority and you need to have physicality, and we lacked that in abundance.

 

Source Sky Sports

Posted February 7, 2022


 

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