LEICESTER City manager Brendan Rodgers has expressed his displeasure at the side’s inability to put away their scoring opportunities in the Premier League clash against Manchester United at Old Trafford yesterday.
The Foxes had the brighter start during the game and came close to scoring before Marcus Rashford broke the deadlock for the hosts.
One of the gilt-edged chances fell to Kelechi Iheanacho but the Super Eagles forward’s close-range header was magnificently stopped by Manchester United goalkeeper David de Gea.
“We’d started the game very well, we’d looked bright,” Rodgers told the Leicester City website.
“We had chances before they scored and we looked a real threat, but they showed their quality. They had one chance — Marcus Rashford after we gave the ball away cheaply — and they finished it.
“But at half-time we felt good in the game. The first half was good, and we showed the form that we’d been in. If we could just cut out the errors and progress up the pitch a bit cleaner, we showed that we could give them a problem.”
After Rashford struck in the first half for his 23rd goal of the season in all competitions, the in-form England forward added another and Jadon Sancho rounded off the scoring as United turned up in the second half.
“But we never really got going in the second half. Once the second goal went in, we just couldn’t take the ball,” Rodgers added.
“We tried to change it up to try and bring a new dynamic to the game, but it was fairly comfortable for them in the end.
“They were a bit more aggressive in their pressure and you can mix that in with us giving the ball away as well, which was disappointing. We conceded possession too easily and if you do that against good players, then they are going to punish you.
“There’s always disappointment at the elite level of the game when you’ve been competitive and you lose. We’ve shown we can hurt teams in these last few games. We had the opportunities today, but we didn’t quite take them.
“But we’ll go again, have a good week’s training, we’ll analyse the areas that could have been better because we gifted them goals really. All three goals were preventable. We give the ball away in the first one and, the third one, we could be better positioned.”
Leicester City’s next fixture is against Premier League leaders Arsenal at the King Power Stadium on Saturday.
