Brendan Rodgers backs Leicester defender Wout Faes to recover from ‘freakish’ double own goal horror show vs Liverpool

BRENDAN RODGERS has no doubt in his mind Wout Faes will recover from his horror show against Liverpool.

The Belgium defender scored TWO own goals in Leicester's 2-1 defeat to Liverpool on Friday night, a loss which has left the Midlands club four points off the drop.

But Rodgers doesn't foresee the £15million summer signing's nightmare at Anfield derailing his progression at the King Power.

The Northern Irishman said: “It is obviously disappointing for him but he is a really strong character.

";He has been really good for us since he arrived from Reims.

"He was away at the World Cup and didn’t play a minute so it will take him a few games to get his rhythm back.

"He has shown the level he can get to.

"Tonight he was just unfortunate but I thought he responded brilliantly in the second half.”

Waes cancelled out Kieran Dewsbury-Hall's fourth-minute opener by slicing the ball over an advancing Danny Ward while trying to clear a Trent Alexander-Arnold cross.

Foxes chief Rodgers said: “It’s a decision you have to make as a defender.

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"There was no real trouble coming in, the ball is coming into Danny’s hands, but as a defender you have to make those decisions.

"Since he has been with us he has been brilliant. It was just freakish and he was unfortunate with the second one.”

Victory over the Foxes saw Liverpool reduce the gap between themselves and fourth-placed Tottenham to two points.

Kop chief Jurgen Klopp said of the win: “The result is very pleasing but it was not our best performance.

"We conceded from a goal kick – I can’t remember many like that before – and so we were 1-0 down against a counterattacking team with a clear idea.

"That is absolutely the opposite of what we wanted.

"On top of that, we played in Leicester’s hands by losing balls in the wrong moments and being too open.

“We knew we had to improve in the second half and we did but they still had their moments.

"Credit to Leicester, it is no coincidence they have a decent away record, but we had massive chances to finish the game off and didn’t use them.

"We had to fight our way through.”

Liverpool will be back in action on Monday, travelling to west London to take on Brentford.

Leicester, meanwhile, will welcome Fulham to the King Power on Tuesday night.