Any notion that Liverpool have put their troubles behind them were dashed on Thursday night as they were held to a 1-1 draw by FC Sion in their second Europa League match. I wouldn’t have any concern about him being selected. “We needed to win a game like that”. In the last Europa League game, we saw a lot of youngsters and fringe players in action and the same could happen against Sion.
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“That’s what it’s all about, it’s not about me, it’s about making sure the supporters are behind the team”.
“It’s about perspective. It’s still very early”. Plus, Rodgers is already on shaky ground following the Reds’ poor start to the Premier League.
But Rodgers’ position was galvanised by the return of England forward Daniel Sturridge, who scored twice to register his first goals since a hip injury laid him low last March.
“It’s another good experience for me if I get to play and I just hope that we can get a good result as a team and a win hopefully”.
Like we said, Twitter can be mean, and Ibe was the focus of a number of tweets from Liverpool fans, who clearly were disappointed with the winger’s outing. That view seemed well founded when they took a lead through Adam Lallana. Representative of a frustrating evening for Liverpool and in particular Origi, he would miss another good chance just before the 70th minute when Philippe Coutinho slid him in behind, only for Andris Vanins to once again deny him.
Whilst we agree the Reds would have been a better side with Sturridge available, we’re unsure as to whether one man can single-handedly perform a miracle. We need to cut out those mistakes.
However, Rodgers has now revealed that he wants to keep the Belgian as part of his squad for the remainder of the season.
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The in-form pair now come head-to-head on Sunday as Liverpool travel to Goodison Park with Everton sitting a point and four places ahead of their rivals in the table.
