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Hamza Choudhury and Ben Chilwell were left out of the Leicester City squad for the defeat to Burnley after they “missed a very important session” in the build-up to the clash at Turf Moor, manager Brendan Rodgers said.

In a coy response, Rodgers refused to divulge why the pair missed the training session, saying it was “personal” and that he had to choose players “we trusted”.

Chilwell travelled to Lancashire for the 2-1 defeat, but neither player had an injury, and are both in contention for the game against West Ham on Wednesday.

“They missed a very important session for us in the week, which was the build-up leading to this game, so we couldn’t bring them into the game today,” Rodgers said.

“Both will be in contention for Wednesday. Ben has played a lot of games, so we looked at that, and this was probably the game he could miss out on.

“They were just unavailable for the training. We were doing a lot of preparation for this game, they were unable to be there, so we now move on.”

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In his reply to the BBC Radio Leicester question, Rodgers added: “I had to go with the players that we trusted to come here and get the result.

When asked to elaborate, he replied: “It’s a personal one, that.”

In place of the pair, Christian Fuchs and Papy Mendy came into the 11, the latter making his just his second Premier League start of the campaign.