“We haven’t scored three goals since he last started a game [against Tottenham in February]”.
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Milner says Liverpool’s players can not allowed to be distracted by external pressures – Rodgers, in his post-match press conference, made reference to an unnamed group of people who had an agenda against him – but admitted they had used it for motivation against Villa.
Watch more brilliant snippets like this with fanatix’s sports video news app. Sometimes we haven’t lost games and the hysteria around it is pretty clear.
And the Northern Irish coach came out of the game in a similarly bullish mood, saying he was confused by the “hysteria” surrounding his future at the club. The hysteria around ourselves is interesting to note.
He added that, despite suffering a patchy period, the players are staying “very calm” and working “very hard” in the knowledge that they will get their rewards, which he said Liverpool did in their win over Villa, expressing his delight for the squad.
“I know how to manage top players but when those players are not available and you have to piece it all back together, that takes time”.
Rodgers side sit in seventh place in the table with Saturday’s win over struggling Aston Villa helping to potentially buy the Liverpool manager a few time. “Christian Benteke is injured unfortunately, but I think the mix of strikers we’ve got is very good”.
“He’s still not 100 per cent in terms of fitness and sharpness and I think he coped really well with 90 minutes”, the Brazilian continued, before praising the striker’s quality.
“It is not rocket science”, Rodgers said. We played into Chelsea’s hands.
The under-pressure Liverpool manager hit out at those who have been calling for him to lose his job.
Soon after Milner played in Sturridge and he rifled a stunning volley home to put Liverpool 2-0 up with his first goal since March after a lengthy spell out through injury.
“I am the same guy who almost won us the league, but better”, Rodgers said, according to The Guardian.
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Although the season started with renewed hope for Liverpool after two wins and a draw against Arsenal at the Emirates in the first three games, things quickly went downhill for the Anfield club after they lost to West Ham and Manchester United in quick succession.
