DBasia.news – Leicester City continued their positive record through a victory over Burnley in the Premier League. According to Brendan Rodgers, Leicester manager, the team’s victory and fighting spirit came from the one-year anniversary of the death of Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha
Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha is an important figure behind the revival of Leicester City when they won the 2014 championship. The Thai businessman conjured Jamie Vardy and mates to become the championship team. He died on October 27, 2018 as the helicopter he was traveling in had an accident, not far from King Power Stadium.
Rodgers felt, the players had slack at the beginning of the match. However, all that changed until nearing the middle of the second half. This victory has brought Leicester to temporarily rank third in the standings.
“We need to make this emotional moment as motivation and I didn’t see it in the first half. “There is absolutely no fighting spirit and aggressiveness in playing,” the former Swansea City manager told the BBC.
“When the broke in the first round, there were a number of things that were conveyed and it was to keep fighting. That’s what Vichai always emphasized from the beginning, which is to always fight. “To win the match, you have to fight hard,” he continued.
Leicester City will play away to Southampton on October 26, 2019. If they win, then The Foxes will continue to overshadow Manchester City, which are one strip above.