Rodgers walked away from the chance of a treble Treble and straight into trouble

LAST week he had the Green Brigade celebrating, yesterday it was lastgasp heartache for Brendan Rodgers and his Blue and White army.

If ever a week can sum up how quickly things can change in football then it’s the last seven days for the former Celtic boss.

From a win over Motherwell at Parkhead to defeat in his first game in charge of Leicester 140 miles away at old club Watford.

Rodgers walked away from the chance of a treble Treble with the Hoops and straight into trouble with an agonising loss at Vicarage Road.

The 46-year-old has failed to win his first domestic game in charge at any of the five English clubs he has managed.

It took him a staggering 69 games to suffer a domestic defeat in Scotland but just 90 minutes on a miserable return to the Premier League.

And it was in the cruellest fashion as Hornets sub Andre Gray netted a last-gasp winner after Jamie Vardy looked to have earned Rodgers a draw when he cancelled out Troy Deeney’s early opener with a goal 15 minutes from time.

Celtic fans still bitter at the manner of his departure will no doubt have celebrated a miserable start to life as Foxes boss for their old gaffer. It’s now seven BY GAVIN BERRY AT VICARAGE ROAD defeats and just one win in the last nine games for Leicester, underlining the tough job Rodgers has taken on in succeeding Claude Puel. And a reminder of the competitive environment he has chosen to return to in what was his first game in English football since he was sacked by Liverpool following a Merseyside derby draw in October 2015.

If Rodgers was hoping for an escape from abuse after a week of being slaughtered for his sudden departure from Celtic he couldn’t have picked a worse ground for his Foxes dugout debut.

The Hoops legions aren’t alone in feeling let down by the Northern Irishman as Watford fans haven’t forgotten the controversial way he left them a decade ago. Rodgers steered the Hornets clear of Championship relegation trouble but is remembered for walking out to join Reading just days after dismissing links with the Royals job.

That explained the boos from home fans when Rodgers’s name was read out over the tannoy.

The travelling support responded with chants of “we all hate Celtic” and “Brendan Rodgers’ blue and white army”, the latter a chant that might take some getting used to for Rodgers after his time in the green half of the Old Firm divide. It was hard to believe only seven days before Rodgers stood in the Parkhead dugout for the last time in front of a 60,000 crowd as he watched his Hoops side beat Well 4-1.

A dramatic week had ended with him back at his old Vicarage Road stomping ground yesterday in charge of the 2016 English champions.

Watford might be just 15 miles from central London but it seems a long way from the bright lights of the capital, especially on a dreich Sunday morning.

And there will be a lack of pizzazz in Leicester’s next two trips to Burnley and Huddersfield which follow a home game against struggling Fulham.

It’s the kind of run that makes Celtic fans wonder if it was worth trading a quest for a third successive clean