Leicester City boss Brendan Rodgers turned on his players after defeat to Newcastle United.

Rodgers was surprised by their lack of fight last night.

He said: “I've had 300 games as a Premier League manager and one of the things I've learned during that period is that there is clearly quality in the Premier League, but the one thing you need to have is the right attitude and commitment, especially at the start of games. For some reason ours wasn't there.

"Once you give a team like Newcastle, who play with confidence and have good players, a leg-up, then it can be very difficult for you. It's all about mentality. What we've seen over the past few months, you cannot win games unless you defend properly and defend with a strong mentality. We didn't do that.

“In terms of mental aggression, physicality, we didn't start like we wanted to go and win the game. That means getting in contact with people, getting tight with people. Sadly, we were off it. Then you throw in mistakes, it doesn't help.

“It's always going to take any team a period to get to the levels they might have been at [after the World Cup break], but it doesn't take away that aggression in the game, because that's about mentality. That was a surprise to me today."