When Brendan Rodgers sat down in front of a Zoom screen earlier this month and dissected how his Leicester City side had so comprehensively beaten Manchester United it was hard to escape the feeling he sounded like a manager whose next move would be right to the top.
That fixture at the King Power Stadium two weeks ago was 1-1 with 12 minutes to go but in the end the 4-2 scoreline in favour of Rodgers' Leicester didn't feel unrepresentative of the game.
Afterwards, Rodgers spoke effusively of the intensity and aggression in his team's play, how those characteristics always meant his side were playing well, and he spoke of Leicester's press and United's lack of it and how that allowed the Foxes to be patient in their build-up play.
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