Brendan Rodgers insists he holds no extra motivation to do Liverpool a favour by beating Manchester City with Leicester.

City host Leicester on Monday night and much has been made of Rodgers being in position to aid his former club's bid for the Premier League.

Should Liverpool defeat Newcastle on Saturday night then Leicester leaving the Etihad Stadium with a point or more would put Jurgen Klopp's team in control of the title race.

Brendan Rodgers insists he holds no extra motivation to do Liverpool a favour in the title race

But Rodgers is only thinking about his current club.

'Not really,' he said when asked if this next fixture carried added personal significance. 'I am employed by Leicester. My focus is on Leicester City. It's exciting to be involved but my thoughts are solely with Leicester and doing what we can to get a result.'

Rodgers came agonisingly close to winning the title with Liverpool in 2013-14, only missing out after losing at home to Chelsea in the penultimate game. Luis Suarez said this week that Liverpool succeeding five seasons ago would have been a bigger achievement than if Klopp pips City now due to the investment in the squads.

Rodgers struck a similar tone. 'There's no comparison really,' he said. 'Liverpool back then was at a different stage. We had young players, loan players. We went from eighth to second in a couple of years so it's a different dynamic.

Leicester leaving the Etihad with a point or more would put Jurgen Klopp's team in control

'We deserved to finish second. We proved over the course of the season with young players that it is possible, but over 38 games we deserved to finish in second.' Rodgers has enjoyed watching this season's duel.

'Both teams have been exceptional in their consistency and the level of their game,' he said. 'They have different styles, but both attacking, creative, scoring goals and having intensity. It will likely go right until the end.

'We respect that it will be a tough game for us on Monday. We have a game and a model that can beat any team. Players improving all the time, you know you have to defend very well, strong aggressive, compact but from the base, we have speed, incisive make the last pass. The importance is to ensure you defend well and you're aggressive and then show qualities when we have the ball.'