Leicester City manager, Brendan Rodgers, has laid the blame on midfielder Wilfred Ndidi for the first goal his team conceded during their Premier League 2-0 loss to Liverpool in a Premier League tie on Thursday night.
Rodgers deployed Ndidi as a central defender against Liverpool as Jonny Evans was not available for selection due to injury.
However, Rodgers blamed the Nigerian international for failing to track his man, Van Dijk, in the build-up to the goal, allowing the Liverpool defender to power a header on target, but Rodgers blamed the Super Eagles star for Jota’s opener, insisting that he got caught in the pack.
“You have to be tight and organised and when you have the ball, have the courage to play and I thought the boys did that. I think our two centre-halves did great,” Rodgers said to BT Sport via BBC.
“Wilfred Ndidi got caught in the pack for the first goal and Virgil van Dijk had a free header.
“It’s been an ongoing problem for us. It is definitely an area we have to improve on.”
Leicester will now face West Ham United in their next Premier League fixture on Sunday at the King Power Stadium.
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This is Ndidi played as a center back in his club but if a certain coach try that in Nigeria they will say he doesn’t have winning mentality and always use players out of position.
He was a defender before his Genk coach depoly me at the DMF position on pes he is rated 85 at CB but 84 at DMF, so he isn’t played out of his position Nigerians just like blame the coach if a needle is at wrong place
On this Leicester issue, Rogers shouldn’t blame ndidi because of he is angry at the loss
What are you saying? Ndidi has played 89% of his game as a DM in the last 3 years.. Go and check footballive.
He should not blame Ndidi alone for the loss. The team did not play like they wanted to win. They played defense all through without giving the strikers any opportunity to attack. You cannot play defense for 90minutes and expect to win. Ihenacho had very few touches an he immediately dispossessed when he had the ball. They were busy back passing while Liverpool piled on pressure.