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Leicester City’s opponents will have to run themselves into the ground to keep Brendan Rodgers’ side at bay this season, former England international Phil Neville believes.

City moved the ball well in their goalless draw with Wolves and completed 565 passes, more than any other side on the Premier League’s opening weekend.

However, they lacked penetration and had just one shot on target, the fewest of the 20 top-flight outfits.

Still, Neville liked what he saw from City, particularly the link-up between Youri Tielemans, James Maddison and Ayoze Perez.

“I was impressed,” said England women’s boss Neville on Match of the Day 2. “I’m a big fan of Brendan Rodgers, the way he likes his teams to play, dominating possession, particularly in the middle of the field. They don’t play with much width, they expect the width to come from the full-backs.

“It’s no surprise that they made more passes than any other team in the Premier League this weekend, more than Manchester City. It’s because of these three: Tielemans, Perez and Maddison. They’ve got the licence to interchange. Maddison starts on the left, Perez on the right, but they’re all interchanging. I’m a big fan of Tielemans.

“It’s one, two-touch play, linking with each other. They didn’t really create that much but what they did do, they dominated the possession.

“Maddison was probably the pick of the Leicester players in terms of an attacking sense. He’s got good vision.

“With Brendan Rodgers, teams that play against Leicester City will have to work really hard out of possession because they do like to pass that ball.”

City only had two shots from inside the box at the King Power Stadium, a league low for the weekend, but would have had a third had Jamie Vardy connected with Tielemans’ driven cross towards the end of the first half.

It was an opportunity that simply had to be taken, said Neville.

“Vardy’s got to score,” he said. “That was probably the best chance of the game. He’s got to score.”