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Brendan Rodgers Reveals Why He Dropped Ayoze Pérez for 3-1 Bournemouth Win

Leicester City manager Brendan Rodgers has revealed the reason behind dropping Ayoze Pérez for the Foxes' 3-1 win over Bournemouth on Saturday.

Pérez, who joined Leicester from Newcastle for a £30m fee back in July, had started the three opening games for his new club but was dropped to the bench for their victory over the Cherries and didn't even make a cameo appearance.

As quoted by the Leicester Mercury, Rodgers said: "It was just a different idea. He has played a lot of games up until now. I have got other really, really good players like Marc Albrighton, who can come into the game.