Premier League restart preview No 9: Leicester

With a Champions League place in sight, Brendan Rodgers asked his players to watch the Netflix documentary The Last Dance in lockdown

What was the situation like when the league was suspended on 13 March? Leicester were surpassing expectations, sitting third in the table as a result of performances that suggested Brendan Rodgers is on course to fulfil the club’s aim of building a team with more dimensions than the sensational 2016 title winners. For a while they even looked like they might challenge Liverpool: they racked up a 9-0 win at Southampton as part of a club-record eight consecutive top-flight wins, all while playing with verve, skill and intelligence. That dream ended in December with consecutive defeats by Manchester City and Liverpool. 

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from Football | The Guardian https://bit.ly/2YoPJlm