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Caglar Soyuncu showed how he has improved in Leicester City's 2-0 win over Brighton on Saturday.

That was the verdict of manager Brendan Rodgers, who believes his Turkish international centre-back has learned when to be aggressive and when to be patient.

Soyuncu has had a tendency to make rash decisions in the past, but he has matured alongside Jonny Evans and delivered a near-flawless performance at the Amex Stadium.

Here's a transcript from the manager's post-match press conference.

Q: It was another complete performance, Brendan?

BR: “It was a brilliant win for us. We knew before the game that this was going to be a real examination. Brighton are really strong at home and they have a really good football idea.

“And on the back of an international break where your players are only coming back on Thursday, you may not be at your most fluent. But the performance was very good.

“We started the game well. Up to the first 30 minutes, we could have been a couple in front. Ayo hit the bar early and Jamie has a header where the keeper makes a great save. Then we threatened in and around the box.

“They started really well in the second half, and then you’re tested. In the Premier League, you’re never going to, particularly away from home, have it all your own way. We had to be resilient in that period.

“Then we scored a great goal on the counter attack. From that moment, we showed a real confidence to score another goal and maybe have a few more.”

Q: You created numerous chances – that must be pleasing for you?

BR: “That’s our idea. We defend well, and you’re hoping then that gives you an opportunity to create. It’s an exciting team, but they work hard, they suffer everyday in training and then they take that confidence into the games.”

Q: Caglar at the back, I don’t think he made one mistake in the 90 minutes?

BR: “He’s fantastic. He’s really developing his stature in the game now. He’s the type of defender I like. He’s quick, he’s aggressive, he defends forward. He’s always looking to win it. What he’s been much better in is having that patience at times when you can’t win it. He was very good.

“Jonny had to come off. He’s hardly trained all week and he was in hospital last weekend. He put in a shift for us and then big Wes comes in and solidifies it all with Cags.

“All around, they were coordinated. They worked ever so hard and they had to because Brighton are a good side.”

Q: What was the problem with Evans?

BR: “He just seized up. He’s 31 now. He’d hardly trained all week. He just had cramp all over his body and in his calves and he couldn’t move.

“Bless him, that’s just through everything that happened with him being in hospital, all the morphine, everything he was on.

“He’d only had light sessions on Thursday and Friday, so he’s done great to play as much as has.”

Q: Was Perez injured when he came off?

BR: He was absolutely fine. He put in a great shift, both wingers did.

“Sometimes we change a game and those are the two that came off. It’s normally never to do with how him and Harvey are playing. It’s for us to keep that injection of speed in the team by bringing Demarai in. Of course, he comes in and gets us the penalty and does very well.

“We’ve no injuries, thankfully.”

Q: Were you concerned in the second half, especially after missing those chances in the first half, or did it allow you to play on the counter?

BR: “What’s nice is how we’re developing our game. Everyone associated Leicester with the counter-attack but now we can see there are different dimensions to this team.

“We can have the ball and create and be patient, but playing with a good tempo.

“But you come away to a good team, you’re never going to have it all your own way. They pass the ball well, they work in the spaces well. We had to be really compact and tight, which we did. If you don’t, you can get punished as Brighton have shown against a number of teams down here.

“But then when the opportunities come we have that threat on the counter – that doesn’t go away. It was great to get the first goal from that.”

Q: Has it been difficult developing that other side in such a short space of time when you’re with a team that’s used to counter-attacking?

BR: “It’s been a lot of work, coming in since February, but it’s becoming natural now.

“We do a lot of work on the training field, we do a lot of analysis with the players afterwards and focus on those elements. I think you saw in the game that it’s becoming natural for them.”

Q: It’s been such a good run – are your practicing how to answer the question, ‘Can you win the title?’ because you’re probably going to get it after every single game?

BR: “As long as you’re still asking me in April, it’s fine!

“We’re happy, we’re not shying away from anything, but I just think there’s only 13 games gone.

“What’s really pleasing is the consistency. We arrived in and they were in 12th and we wanted to improve and build on the good work that Claude had done.

“What’s great now is that our supporters are singing: ‘We’re going to win the league!’ in the most competitive league in the world, so that tells you where they’re at, the confidence they have and the dreams that they have, which is absolutely brilliant.

“For me, it’s keeping the team focused because you have to work. What you’ve done in the previous 12 games has gone. It’s about being judged on today and I thought we put in a terrific performance and kept another clean sheet.

“In the last five games we’ve scored 17 goals and conceded one, so that’s the mentality of the team, that’s the hunger of the team, and they need to keep that going.”