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Brendan Rodgers will keep it short and sharp with his Leicester City players as they head into his first home game as the club’s manager.

His predecessor Claude Puel was criticised by former defender Robert Huth for long, technical training sessions and the lack of intensity has been used to try to explain City’s slow starts this season.

City have trailed in 20 league games this season and have conceded in the first 10 minutes in six of their last eight games.

However, Rodgers’ approach is to keep the intensity high in training, defender Ben Chilwell has revealed.

“When a new manager comes in it kind of freshens things up. That is normal,” he said.

“Training has been very intense, which something he is big on. He said to us a lot, he wants training to be intense and when we go into matchdays we are sharp and ready.”

When asked if that implied Puel’s training wasn’t, he replied: “Maybe you could say that. It was a lot more tactical, which is not a bad thing.

“The old boss was very keen on tactics and playing the right way but training wasn't always intense.”

If the old adage is true that you train how you want to play, Rodgers will also be looking for a more dynamic performance from his players on match-day and Chilwell revealed what Rodgers outlined when he first came to the club ahead of last week’s defeat at Watford.

“We had a meeting when we came in on what he expects from us and what we can expect from him and the main thing that came out of it was fact he wants us to press and to be very aggressive, and try and win the ball back quickly, and be difficult to play against,” said Chilwell.

“He wants us to play a good style of football and team with lots of goals and be solid at the back as well.

“When the manager comes in and says he wants to play a nice style of football and attacking and possession based it is something every player wants to hear.”