Jurgen Klopp says he "could not respect Brendan Rodgers' work more" as Liverpool prepare to face top-four rivals Leicester City in a crunch Premier League clash.
Third-place Leicester enter Saturday's game at the King Power Stadium one position and three points better off than the reigning champions, who are enduring a poor title defence.
The Foxes are also through to the quarter-finals of the FA Cup and last 32 of the Europa League, where Manchester United and Slavia Prague await respectively.
And Liverpool boss Klopp, who was appointed as Rodgers' Anfield successor in October 2015, is full of respect for what the Ulsterman has achieved at Leicester.