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EPL: Leicester can qualify for Champions League under Brendan Rodgers, Klopp says

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October 4, 2019

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has said he believes Leicester City have the potential to finish in the top four under his predecessor Brendan Rodgers.

Leicester are third in the Premier League after a strong start to the season and will overtake Manchester City if they beat league leaders Liverpool at Anfield on Saturday.

“It looks like that, 100 per cent,” he said.

“There is no difference to other top six teams apart from maybe the name.

“You can see that it is built from the back. The goalie is still there, there is no doubt about him.

“The defence looks really solid in each position, midfield creative and hardworking, offensively very creative and very straight forward as well. That is how you build a team.”

Rodgers managed Liverpool for three-and-a-bit seasons before he was sacked in October 2015, with Klopp arriving as his replacement at Anfield.

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The German expects Rodgers to receive a warm welcome when he returns to the club this weekend.

“I hope from the fans it will be okay,” said Klopp, who currently rents a house owned by Rodgers from his time on Merseyside.

“From my side it is fine. All the issues are sorted which we had a few years ago from when we started living in the house!

We love living there and it is all good, we’ve paid our rent to him so I’m not sure he still has to work but he is still doing it!

“He is doing really well, I am not surprised about that. I knew when I came here that he was not the reason that things didn’t work out.

“Since then he did an incredible job at Celtic and now at Leicester. A lot of the players were there before him but he’s made some really good signings.

“A brilliant team. What they do is really good, I don’t have to say that I think everybody knows at the moment.

“When you watch Leicester games it is exciting, fresh and [they] defend well, play football and counter-attacks are threatening.”