Leicester City

Former Leicester City manager Brendan Rodgers insists he would have been able to help the club avoid relegation from the Premier League if had he been left ...

"I would like to thank the Leicester City chairman Mr Srivaddhanaprabha and all of the board for giving me the opportunity to manage Leicester City and make history with this great football club over the past four years. "There is a strong infrastructure and environment in place that puts the club on a strong footing to move forward - a world-class training facility, a passionate and unswerving fan base, a group of great players full of ability and character, and special owners." "I would like to wish everybody at the club the very best of luck as they seek to continue to deliver on this objective.

The chairman addresses the club's relegation battle in his programme notes ahead of the club's crucial Premier League fixture at home to Aston Villa on ...

“In particular at home, where we play six of those matches, we need an atmosphere that will inspire our players and make life as difficult as possible for the opposition. “We’re fortunate to be able to call upon their considerable experience, as we focus on achieving a performance and result that will help turn the tide. He said: “It has been some time since we entered this stage of the season with survival as our uppermost thought, but the nature of our current position cannot be overlooked. The atmosphere should be improved following the decision to dismiss Rodgers. City start the night in 19th place. As a club – supporters, players, and staff – we need to be ready to fight for every one of the 30 points available in the final 10 games and ensure we win enough of them to retain our status as a Premier League club.

Managerless Leicester City's relegation worries deepen as in-form Aston Villa secure a dramatic late win at King Power Stadium.

Bertrand Traoré (Aston Villa) left footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner. - Home10 - Fouls - Away8 - Corners - Away5 - Home4 - Away15 - Home9 - Shots - Away65% - Home35%

Aston Villa plunged Leicester City deeper into relegation danger with a 2-1 away win in the Premier League on Tuesday after the home side played the last 20 ...

11 and have lost seven of their last eight. He then overturned the decision, for a potential handball by Watkins, after replays on the pitch-side monitor showed the player was first fouled by Patson Daka. Midfielder Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall had already added to Leicester's woes by being sent off in the 70th minute after collecting a second yellow card of the evening for a late challenge on Ashley Young.

Ollie Watkins opened the scoring for the visitors in the first half, but the Foxes equalised through a Harvey Barnes stunner. Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall saw red ...

We got nothing from the match and we have to start finding a way to pick up points. With the match looking as though it was going to end in a nail-biting draw, the Luck of the East Midlands struck again. Substitute Bertrand Traore was on it in a flash and hit a first-time curler from outside the box that no keeper on this planet could have saved. City fought like their lives depended on it and had a late penalty appeal, but it was turned down after a look at the monitor (and, if I’m being honest, probably rightly so). We remain on 25 points from 29 matches, which puts us 19th on the table and two points from safety. He never got the opportunity as KDH picked up a second yellow on 72’, reducing the Foxes to 10 men for the last quarter hour of the match. Castagne picked up a yellow on 55’ and Dewsbury-Hall followed him into the book 64’. His shot may have been curling inside the far post, but Tyrone Mings got a head to it and deflected it towards the centre of the net. It took forever to dribble across the line, but it just did, giving the visitors the lead with their first shot of the match. Both Faes and Souttar closed him down and Iversen made himself big, but the striker just managed to poke it towards goal. Ollie Watkins opened the scoring for the visitors in the first half, but the Foxes equalised through a Harvey Barnes stunner. Villa had the majority of the possession, but they were doing nothing at all with it.

Villa faced the difficult challenge of dealing with a reinvigorated home crowd at the King Power Stadium as the Foxes looked to give the right response, ...

Up against 10 men, Emery rang the changes and it was Bertrand Traore who proved to be the match-winner with his first touch. The second half proved to be dramatic, starting when Kiernan Dewbury-Hall was shown a second yellow with 20 minutes remaining. Leicester were certainly in the ascendancy in the opening 45 minutes as Harvey Barnes, often a thorn in Villa’s side, tormented Ashley Young. Despite the Foxes’s early dominance, though, it was that man Ollie Watkins who opened the scoring as he timed his run perfectly to squeeze the ball past Daniel Iversen. There was still a final twist in the dying moments as Leicester were initially awarded a penalty in added time before VAR overturned the decision. A loose pass was pounced on by Traore and he punished Leicester with a superb effort from outside the box in the 88th minute.

Staff and players at Leicester City Football Club gathered for a ceremony today to honour the club's late chairman. | ITV News Central.

He bought Leicester City in 2010 and oversaw the Foxes as they marched to the Premier League title in the 2015/16 season and is described as the "most influential figure in the Football Club’s 138-year history". [died aged 60 in a tragic helicopter crash at the King Power stadium in October 2018](/news/2018-10-29/leicester-city-players-pay-tribute-to-owner-vichai-srivaddhanaprabha-and-others-in-helicopter-crash), alongside staff members Kaveporn Punpare and Nusara Suknamai, and pilots Eric Swaffer and Izabela Lechowicz. [Leicester City Football Club](/news/topic/leicester-city-fc) gathered for a ceremony today to honour the club's late chairman, [Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha](/news/central/topic/vichai-srivaddhanaprabha), on what would have been his 65th birthday.

Former Leeds manager Jesse Marsch is reportedly a candidate for the newly-vacant Leicester job. Marsch candidate for Leicester job; Rodgers sacked on Sunday ...

Following Tuesday's 2-1 loss to Aston Villa, Leicester sit 19th in the Premier League and face a massive fight to stay in the top flight. [sacked Brendan Rodgers](https://www.goal.com/en/news/brendan-rodgers-sacked-leicester-lose-patience-manager-crystal-palace-defeat-heightens-relegation-fears/blt13f6fe27e78c9498) this week, ending his four-year stay in charge of the Foxes. Leicester are also looking at several managers that come from the Red Bull system, with Marsch named alongside Oscar Garcia and Ralph Hasenhuttl as candidates.

The latest Leicester City news as the former manager is said to be included in the names discussed by the club as they consider making a short term ...

One former Black Cats boss has been tipped to make a shock return to management.

[Foxes](/topic/foxes) are currently searching for an interim manager - a search that could reportedly land them at the door of one of their former managers. [Leicester City](/topic/leicester-city) are searching for a new manager after Brendan Rodgers’ four year tenure at the King Power Stadium came to an end at the weekend. According to the Independent, former [Sunderland](https://www.sunderlandecho.com/sport/football/sunderland-afc/where-sunderland-sit-in-the-championship-form-table-over-last-10-games-compared-to-stoke-city-middlesbrough-and-burnley-gallery-4092946) boss [Martin O’Neill](https://www.sunderlandecho.com/sport/football/sunderland-afc/its-just-waiting-martin-oneill-delivers-stunning-sunderland-champions-league-claim-as-middlesbrough-line-up-ross-stewart-move-3955324) is on the shortlist to become Brendan Rodgers’ replacement.

Former Leicester City manager Brendan Rodgers couldn't help himself but make one last deluded comment following his mutual Foxes departure.

In his utterance, the The former Liverpool gaffer supposedly left mutually, but obviously the Foxes would have had to sack him eventually. But the Northern Irishman couldn’t help himself but take a parting shot, or make a bitter seeming remark to the Leicestershire outfit as he exited the door.

The latest Leicester City news as Adam Sadler and Mike Stowell took charge of the team for the 2-1 defeat against Aston Villa on Tuesday night following the ...

It leaves [City](https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/all-about/leicester-city-fc) in the relegation zone ahead of a crucial home match vs Bournemouth on Saturday. The likes of former Chelsea manager Graham Potter and Brentford boss Thomas Frank have been mentioned as possible targets. [comments section](https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/khun-top-decision-revealed-leicester-8325101#comments-wrapper) The report does add that if there is not an ‘immediate response, then the club’s hierarchy will look to bring in a more experienced interim manager until the end of the season. Despite an improved performance, the key moments again went against City with them falling to a 2-1 defeat. [Three new names 'considered' for Leicester City job as manager search continues](https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/three-new-names-considered-leicester-8324715)