Leicester sack Rodgers after Crystal Palace loss
Brendan Rogers manager of Leicester City during the Premier League match between Crystal Palace and Leicester City at Selhurst Park on April 1, 2023 in London, United Kingdom.Leicester City have sacked manager Brendan Rodgers after Saturday’s 2-1 loss to Crystal Palace with the club’s board “compelled to take alternative action” to stay in the Premier League.Their fifth league defeat in six games dropped them into the relegation zone.Rodgers, appointed in February 2019, won Leicester’s first FA Cup in 2021.But chairman Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha said performances and results this season have been “below our shared expectations”.In a statement, he added: “It had been our belief that continuity and stability would be key to correcting our course, particularly given our previous achieve...