Leicester City boss Brendan Rodgers was happy with his young players after their FA Cup win against Gillingham.

City switched to a different system for the game, with Jannik Vestergaard, Çağlar Söyüncü and Lewis Brunt all coming into the side as the back three, while Kasey McAteer also featured – making his full debut for the senior side.

Rodgers explained: “We changed the structure of the team, looking at availability and the players that we wanted to play. We had to give one or two some recovery because of the number of games they have been playing and there was maybe a little bit of fatigue in there.

“But also I wanted to give our young players an opportunity because this is where you find out about young players, when everything's with you or everything's against you, what's the mentality like? Can you show desire in the game? I was pleased overall.

“They did very well. Kasey [McAteer] was excellent. He plays in a number of positions and has got good athleticism. He broke away in the second half as well. I think he will get better and better, he just needs more games.

“Lewis [Brunt] has got good composure, good size and in particular [in the] second half, I thought he was excellent. You're always gauging with players because they're not too young, they're 21."

With the fourth round draw taking place on Sunday afternoon, the 2021 FA Cup winners will soon know their next opponents as they continue to compete on three fronts domestically.

“It's exciting," City's manager added. “I always want to know who we've got. The one thing for today was getting to the fourth round. We've got this magical journey of winning it a couple of years ago and before that great day at Wembley, you have to go to places like this here and do a job early on.

“We did that and now we can look forward to the draw and hopefully we get a good tie."