Rodgers wants full focus from high-flying Foxes
Boss Brendan Rodgers remained tight-lipped over Leicester City’s Champions League hopes, but warned his squad not to drop their standards.
The Foxes are third in the Premier League and head to Wolves today.
They could move five points clear of fourthplaced Liverpool, who host Manchester City at Anfield shortly after Leicester’s Molineux clash, as they look to tighten their grip on a Champions League spot.
Rodgers’ side slipped out of the top four on the final day of last season and he insisted they must remain grounded.
He said: “It is important we continue on this path, the consistency is great, but we must not sit back and pat ourselves on the back. I always, say the pat on the back is only a few inches away from a slap on the backside.
“We do our talking on the field, we like to perform and come in every day to work and work well.
“Liverpool and Manchester City are two of the greatest teams to be involved in the whole history of the Premier League. Naturally people are going to talk about them.
“We’ll see where we finish up. There are 16 games to go, a long way to go.”
The Foxes travel to a Wolves side who bagged a first win in nine games when they beat Arsenal 2-1 on Tuesday. Rodgers said: “Since Nuno (Espirito Santo) has gone in there he has done a brilliant job.
“They played a very specific way and in their first couple of seasons back they were up there challenging.
“Now you don’t need to be a rocket scientist to look at it. They have lost Jota, Jimenez and Doherty and they were key players for them.
“It’s very difficult to play to the level you have consistently when you lose that quality of player. It takes time to adapt to that.”
Nuno insists there is much more to Leicester than simply relying on Jamie Vardy as the forward prepares to return from injury.
Vardy – who has hit 13 Premier League goals this season – has missed the last four games after undergoing a hernia operation last month.
Nuno knows how good Vardy, 34, can be, but is wary of not focusing solely on his return.
“We are talking about a very talented player,” said the Wolves head coach.
“But Leicester are much more than Jamie Vardy – the way Leicester play and the dynamic they have in the team, that is what makes them a strong squad and a really tough team to play against.
“They have a very talented squad and are playing very good football consistently.”