Trevor Sinclair made an impressive claim live on talkSPORT when he compared Brendan Rodgers to Pep Guardiola.
Guardiola is recognized as one of the best coaches in football, having won 29 trophies in spells in charge of Barcelona, Bayern Munich and Manchester City.
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Eight of those trophies for Guardiola, including two Premier League titles, have come to Man City
Rodgers is much less decorated: he won the final of the championship play-offs in Swansea and at the same time lifted seven trophies with Celtic.
But Sinclair identified an area where the Leicester boss is similar to Guardiola.
He said before the Leicester vs Manchester United live commentary: “If you look at Pep, I don’t think he walked into Manchester City saying ‘this is what we do.’
“He has earned that respect, he has to know everyone’s name, he has been polite, he has done the right things that you are supposed to do when leading a group of people.
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Rodgers would be very happy to be compared to the great Guardiola
“That is what he has done at Manchester City and that is what Brendan has done here. [at Leicester]. He has a history of success now: at Celtic, in Liverpool, in Swansea.
“He could easily get lazy, but that’s his makeup, that’s his DNA that he goes into and makes the yardage difficult to earn the respect of the players and once you have the respect of the players, they will work for you a little more. . »
Rodgers and company. They are currently in second place in the Premier League as they backed Manchester United, who had won all of their Premier League away games this period, to win a 2-2 draw at King Power Stadium.
After the game, Rodgers told talkSPORT: “I thought the mentality of the team was strong at all times, I thought we played a very, very good game against a superior team.
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Leicester is three points behind leader Liverpool, a former Rodgers club
“But I think it also showed the level we are at. We are very competitive against a very good team.
“They were a bit lucky with the first goal but we came back and scored an excellent goal with Harvey Barnes and the same in the second half. It shows that we are developing the team mindset at the highest level.
“This team has a lot of growth left, we lost twice to Manchester United last year, but we have shown in many important games this season that we are competitive, which is important.
«I’m sure Ole [Gunnar Solskjaer] he will come out thinking that we are a decent team.
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