Brendan Rodgers: Are you saying that the Liverpool defense is out?



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Brendan Rodgers doesn’t think Liverpool’s narrative has been weakened by the hurricane of injuries. The proof is that his Leicester City was defeated 0-3.

Brendan Rodgers took Leicester City to visit Anfield on Monday (11/23/2020) continued the WIB early morning in the Premier League. Foxes own goal beat by Jonny Evans and goals by Diogo Jota and Roberto Firmino.

The hosts seemed dominant and tough to prevent Leicester from having many chances. Leicester only recorded four shots on goal compared to Liverpool, who had 13 chances to score.

Liverpool limped in. ‘La Roja’ lost many players due to injuries. They are Virgil van Dijk, Joe Gomez, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Xherdan Shaqiri, Jordan Henderson, and Mohamed Salah.

The bottom line is a sector that is considered more worrying, due to the absence of three main players at once, namely Van Dijk, Gomez and Alexander-Arnold. But Leicester City manager Brendan Rodgers believes his former team is still doing well.

In last night’s game, Joel Matip and Fabinho teamed up as central defender, flanked by James Milner and Andy Robertson as left and right defenders.

“Everybody talks about Liverpool’s injuries. I don’t believe in that narrative. I don’t see it as an exhausted bottom line,” said Brendan Rodgers. Echo of Liverpool.

“I know they lost Virgil van Dijk, but Matip is a great player. Fabinho has played there against Chelsea and against the best players. Andy Robertson has always played, Alisson is the number one goalkeeper, and James Milner, where he plays, always has played. It works great. “

“Their unbeaten streak at home is an incredible record, and it shows that you have the strength and power in the depth of their team. They are an extraordinary group of players.”

“They are still very strong, they have top-level players, just look at the midfield that has players that always play. They are an extraordinary team, super clean, they play with all their heart, with quality and the team is better,” added Rodgers. , who managed Liverpool in 2012-2015.

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