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Brendan Rodgers has warned that Leicester City may have already reached their pinnacle as he tries to pick them up from their devastating defeat to Tottenham and reignite a European push.
The Leicester boss branded football the ‘University of Adversity’ after his side threw away a lead deep into stoppage time in their dramatic loss in midweek.
He must find a way to inspire his injury-hit side to put disappointment behind them as they welcome Brighton to the King Power Stadium this afternoon with the club as close to the relegation zone as they are to the top seven.
Brendan Rodgers is concerned his Leicester side may not be able to replicate their success
Leicester's defeat by Spurs was a damaging blow to their hopes of more European football
Rodgers says he’s still ‘excited’ for the challenge of getting Leicester into Europe but admits that their two successive fifth-placed finishes and FA Cup triumph could be as good as they can achieve with their finances compared to their rivals.
‘We’re not too far from where our budget is,’ said Rodgers. ‘I’ve a dose of realism from when I came in here. I said I wanted to disrupt the market and we have done that. We have won things - which is great. Progress has been hampered a little bit this season.
‘With success, what happens is that you have two fifth-placed finishes and then you qualify for European football, people think you have created a foundation for success but for a club like ourselves, it may be the pinnacle. Because of resources and where others are at, it’s very difficult.
‘People think we are not
