Failure to qualify for UCL will be disappointing, says Brendan Rodgers

LONDON: Leicester City will be disappointed if they fail to qualify for the Champions League but that will only provide motivation for the next season, according to manager Brendan Rodgers.

Leicester are currently fifth, one-point below a resurgent Manchester United who they face in a showdown for a spot in the top four at home on their final matchday on Sunday.

Leicester will need to win the match to seal qualification for the Champions League, which would be only their second time in Europe's elite competition after their run to the quarter-final in the 2016/17 season. Leicester had qualified then as the surprise Premier League champions.

"The six targets we had - two of those was to get to domestic finals, one was semi-final, one was quarter-final, so we just fell short in those but met all of the other performance goals, in terms of reaching European football and improving our goalscoring," he said in the pre-match press conference. IANS

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