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Brendan Rodgers explains selection call that "didn't quite work" in Leicester loss

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Brendan Rodgers took full responsibility for Leicester's shock exit to Slavia Prague on a frustrating night. Rodgers' side missed the injured James Maddison and paid the price for only using in-form Harvey Barnes off the bench.

Youri Tielemans was pushed up into a more advanced midfield role in Maddison's absence but he struggled to be effective. Slavia deservedly progressed after a goalless first leg with second half goals from Lukas Provod and Abdallah Sima.

Rodgers, who was also missing Kelechi Iheanacho, Ayoze Perez and Dennis Praet, rued: “It didn't quite work for us, it is my responsibility. “I pick the team with the players we have available to try and get a result. “It didn't quite work as well as I would have liked.

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