MICAH RICHARDS: Rodgers axing Maddison was a big call

Brendan Rodgers didn't have to go down the route he did. He could have expressed his anger and simply hit James Maddison, Hamza Choudhury and Ayoze Perez with fines.

At the business end of the season, Rodgers could easily have put himself first and thought about getting the best possible result at West Ham last weekend. His chances of doing that would have been greatly increased with Maddison, in particular, in his starting line-up.

I don't intend to dwell on Maddison, Choudhury and Perez breaching Covid regulations. As a player, if you have made a mistake of your own doing you have to accept responsibility and face the criticism that comes your way. I've been there before and know what it's like.

But the point of all this is the course of action Rodgers took in removing the trio from his squad for the trip to West Ham. That game carried huge importance for Leicester, so to deliberately make one of his most crucial players miss it was a big, big call.

When there are targets on the horizon and prizes on the line, some managers would put themselves first and discipline second to ensure key men were available to help their team get the right result.

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