There is no doubt Leicester City striker Jamie Vardy is having a good time in the Premier League so far. His current place as the Foxes striker is the best possible suit for him.
Vardy is a skillful and more complete footballer. His movement and positional play is integral to how Leicester play under Brendan Rodgers.
The 33-year-old striker is still a key man for Leicester attack. He has scored 17 goals in 25 appearances for Leicester in this season. However, in his last five matches in all competitions, Vardy has not been able to score his best goals.
“It is only a matter of time before he gets back to scoring goals again. He doesn’t look like the nervous type to me.” Rodgers said.
“Sometime you get a run like it. Probably when he came back from his injury (in late January) he was maybe not quite up to speed. But I thought against Manchester City (in Saturday’s 1-0 home defeat), you saw the return of that running power and speed.
“I have no doubt he will get the goals and beyond that. You don’t force it, you don’t put the pressure on, he knows that is his job. As long as he is contributing, then I’m fine.” Rodgers added.
Rodgers added the Foxes third position in the Premier League table, could not afford to rely on Vardy’s goals.
“You have threats from various parts of the team, and for long periods of this season we had a central threat with Jamie, and other guys were looking hard, and they started to contribute, but it’s dried up a little bit,” Rodgers said.
“It is team responsibility. The strikers are important, but there are other things. Look at Roberto Firmino at Liverpool, he scored 10, but you look at his influence in the team and what he gives and allows to the other players.” he added.
