Rodgers' side host Manchester United on the last
day of the Premier League season knowing a victory would clinch
qualification for next season's Champions League.
Leicester are fifth, a point behind United and Chelsea, after an impressive campaign.
But they have won just two of their
eight league games since the coronavirus hiatus, while United are
unbeaten in their last 13 Premier League outings.
United only need a draw to finish in the top
four and a Chelsea draw or win against Wolves would end Leicester's
Champions League bid.
Regardless of the result on Sunday, Rodgers is adamant Leicester are heading into the right direction.
"The six targets we had - two of those was to
get to domestic finals, one was semi-final, one was quarter-final, so we
just fell short in those but met all of the other performance goals, in
terms of reaching European football and improving our goalscoring," he
said.
"Now we've a chance to...this is virtually like a barrier-breaking goal, a goal that will get us into the Champions League.
"It wasn't really something we spoke
about at the beginning of the season because naturally, where the club
had been these last few seasons, we wanted to try step-by-step to arrive
there."
Although Leicester have lost the 14-point lead
they held over United in January, Rodgers has no regrets about the way
his team have approach the post-virus restart.
"The league is over 38 games and people were
having us in the Champions League after 20 games. You have to go right
the way to the end," he said.
"There'll be disappointment if we don't make
it but that would whet the appetite for next season. We were in a good
position but you've got to sustain it. It also shows you the big
improvements this team still has to make.
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