Brendan Rodgers' best moments at Leicester City

The Brendan Rodgers era at Leicester City is over.

And while the past few months have been fairly terrible - the Foxes currently find themselves in the bottom three - Rodgers leaves having given fans plenty of brilliant moments down the years.

Here's the pick of said moments...

5. Man City 2-5 Leicester City

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A famous win / CATHERINE IVILL/GettyImages

27% possession, seven shots on target = a 5-2 win over the best team in England.

Rodgers' Leicester City put in an all-time great counter-attacking performance when they travelled to the Etihad Stadium in September 2020, one which saw Jamie Vardy bag a hat trick and rattle Pep Guardiola beyond belief to the point where he dropped £60m on Ruben Dias a couple of days later.

You couldn't ask for much more really.

4. Reaching Conference League semi-finals

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A European night to remember / Soccrates Images/GettyImages

The Foxes don't exactly have European pedigree, but despite that Rodgers' side were able to make it all the way to the Europa Conference League semi-finals last season.

The pick of the wins was their professional 2-1 win over PSV Eindhoven in the quarter-finals.

3. Southampton 0-9 Leicester City

Youri Tielemans, James Maddison, Wilfred Ndidi
9-0 winners / Naomi Baker/GettyImages

9-0.

Yep, 9-0.

Leicester City recorded the joint biggest win in Premier League History and the biggest away win in English top-flight History in 2019 thanks to an all-time great performance.

This was peak Rodgers-ball at Leciester.

2. Community Shield win

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A famous win / Chloe Knott - Danehouse/GettyImages

It's fair to say that Leicester City were underdogs going into the Community Shield clash with league-winners Manchester City at Wembley Stadium in 2021.

And yet, despite being largely outplayed on the day, Leicester continued to be a bogey team for Man City by scoring an 89th minute penalty and securing their first ever Community Shield.

1. FA Cup win

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A famous win / Marc Atkins/GettyImages

Not just the best moment of Rodgers' reign, but one of the best moments in Leicester City's History.

Up against a Chelsea team who would go on to win the UEFA Champions League two weeks later, Leicester City recorded an incredible Wembley victory thanks to an all-time great FA Cup final goal from Youri Tielemans.

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