Leicester coach lays the blame at Ndidi's door for first goal conceded against Liverpool

Published: February 11, 2022

Manager Brendan Rodgers has laid the blame at Wilfred Ndidi's door for the first goal conceded by Leicester City during their 2-0 loss to Liverpool in a Premier League clash at Anfield on Thursday night.

With Jonny Evans not available for selection due to injury, the Northern Irishman deployed Ndidi as a central defender as was the case during the home win against the Reds back in December.

Diogo Jota was in the right place at the right time to convert from close range to give Liverpool the lead in the 34th minute after Van Dijk's header was saved by goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel.

Ndidi lost his man Van Dijk in the build up to the goal, allowing the Liverpool center back to power a header on target.

Overall, Rodgers was delighted with the performance of Ndidi and his center back partner Daniel Amartey but blamed the Nigerian for Jota's opener.

"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's definitely an area we have to improve on."

Ademola Lookman started and was in action for 79 minutes against Liverpool and Kelechi Iheanacho came off the bench to replace Patson Daka on the hour mark.

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