Rodgers booed after stalemate
UNDER-FIRE Leicester boss Brendan Rodgers says he is not expecting the sack despite fans calling for his head after the 0-0 draw with Crystal Palace.
The Foxes remain in the bottom three after 10 games following yesterday’s lunchtime stalemate with Palace, where midfielder James Maddison missed his final chance to impress on-looking England boss Gareth Southgate ahead of next week’s World Cup squad announcement.
Fans booed and held up a sign in the stand that said it was ‘time for action’, but the Northern Irishman is not expecting to go anywhere.
He revealed he met with owner Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha, who was seen shaking his head at fulltime, and had good conversations.
Rodgers said: ‘There is no issue there. They understand the difficulties there is going to be this year, in terms of us not being able to improve but he wants to win.
‘But I have always had brilliant support from them. I had long conversations yesterday. I have had no indication of anything, but I understand football.
‘It will never change my feeling for him if he had to make a change. That is the reality. He is a good guy who inherited a football club in his early 30s after a tragic event and he has been brilliant in that time.
‘He has given the football club and me as much support as he possibly could. He has been rewarded for that. Now in a tough period and a tough time he is still being supportive.
‘How long that lasts we will see, he will tell me if it changes. Until then I’ll keep working, stay focused and take it from there.’
Meanwhile, caretaker boss Steve Davis saluted Jose Sa after the goalkeeper saved a penalty with a broken wrist to boost Wolves’ survival hopes and pile more misery on Nottingham Forest.
The 29-year-old – who has been playing with the injury since August – stopped Brennan Johnson’s spot kick with 11 minutes left as Wolves climbed out of the relegation zone with a 1-0 win.
Elsewhere, Aleksandar Mitrovic scored a second-half equaliser as Fulham twice came from behind to secure a point in a 2-2 Premier League draw against Bournemouth.
The 28-year-old scored from the penalty spot to take his tally for the season to seven.
Bournemouth had taken the lead through Dominic Solanke with the first attack of the match, before Fulham levelled matters through summer signing Issa Diop.
The Cherries then retook the lead in the first half through Jefferson Lerma as the hosts struggled to contain caretaker manager Gary O’Neil’s side.
However Fulham grew into the game and had all the possession and chances in the final 20 minutes and secured a deserved draw.