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RODGERS PRAISES STEVIE G

The Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers has praised the leadership qualities of the captain Steven Gerrard by saying that he is truly phenomenal. The 32-year-old Liverpool midfielder is regarded as one of the best players in the world, but he is coming to the twilight of his career. He has rescued Liverpool on numerous occasions in the past, but he has not been so influential this season for the team. He has managed just one league goal so far this campaign. It came in the 2-1 defeat at the hands of Manchester United earlier in the season.

Even though he has had very little impact on the game in terms of goals, Brendan Rogers has said that he has been massively influential on the pitch due to his extraordinary leadership qualities. Liverpool recently lost the match against Tottenham 2-1, which once again raised a lot of questions about the ability of the team to at least challenge for top four positions. Even though the Liverpool defender Carragher recently said that there was still an opportunity for the team to qualify for the Champions League, it slowly seems to be slipping away from the hands of the Merseyside club, who won the competition back in 2005.

“I don’t want to focus too much on him, other than that he’s been brilliant since I arrived here. His inspiration and leadership within the team has been phenomenal. He might not have got the goals he would have wanted this season, but you can see how effective he’s been and the quality of his game. Against Spurs, his range of passing, his commitment and his drive into the box was superb,” said the Liverpool manager after the Tottenham match. Rogers has said that there is a chance that Joe Cole and Lucas Leiva will be back for the Southampton match.

DIOUF SLAMS GERRARD

The striker of Leeds United, El Hadji Diouf, has said that Steven Gerrard is an egotistical man and the senior players of Liverpool don’t like him at all.

Diouf is a former Liverpool player. He had signed for Liverpool in 2002 and then, took a transfer in 2004. His tenure at Liverpool wasn’t successful at all and the Senegalese striker was able to score only 3 goals in 80 matches that he played for The Reds.

The current captain of Liverpool, Steven Gerrard, had criticized Diouf in his autobiography which was published in 2006. Gerrard wrote, “Diouf was not my favourite player for sure. I didn’t like his approach towards the game. He was not friendly in nature and generally liked to be alone.”

“On the field also, his approach was pretty casual. I never saw him giving his 100% for the team. He was not attached to Liverpool by heart.”

When asked about those remarks of Steven Gerrard, Diouf said, “Everybody in this world is free to put forward his opinion. What Gerrard said was only his opinion. I don’t care about those remarks.”

“The Brazilian legend Pele has included me in his list of top 100 players of the century. Gerrard has not got a place in that list. If my approach had not been right towards the game, such a legend would never have included me in his list.”

“I have never met a person as egotistical as Gerrard. There are a number of players in the Liverpool squad who don’t like Gerrard at all. I don’t want to take the name of those players publicly.”

“Frankly speaking, I don’t care much about what other people are saying about me. I just want to focus on my game and contribute for my team.”

GERRARD NOT WORRIED

The Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard has told Liverpool Football News that he is not worried about the poor start that they have made to the season. The 32-year-old midfielder has seen Liverpool not be at their in the opening three matches of the season. Apart from the 2-2 draw with Manchester city when they came extremely close to getting all three points, Liverpool had been extremely poor on various fronts this season.

The season started with a 3-0 defeat at the hands of West Brom, while they were recently defeated by Arsenal 2-0. As a result, they are still searching for the first win under the new manager Brendan Rodgers.

Even more worrying for Liverpool is the fact that they have let the striker Andy Carroll leave for West Ham on a season long loan deal. This leaves Brendan Rodgers with only two selections when it comes to strikers – Luis Suarez and Fabio Borini. This is unlikely to bode well with the rigours of a difficult Premier league season coupled with the Europa league adventures. Still, the captain and midfielder Steven Gerrard has expressed his confidence that the results will improve over the next few weeks. Liverpool will be facing Sunderland and Manchester United in the next two matches.

“When you’re not winning football matches it’s tough. But when you have my kind of experience, you don’t panic after three games. We were fantastic against Manchester City and should have won. Against Arsenal it was the opposite. It’s been a tough few weeks but it’s not the time to panic. We can still take the club forward,” said the Liverpool midfielder Steven Gerrard in a recent interview. Steven Gerrard was recently sent off in the World Cup qualifying match against Ukraine. He was given a second yellow card in the second half of the match.

GERRARD SHOULD STAY

The Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers has said that Steven Gerrard should not think about leaving Liverpool if he is to win the Premier league title with his boyhood club. The 31-year-old Steven Gerrard is fast running out of time when it comes to completing his ambition of lifting the Premier league title. It is thought that the midfielder is now regretting having passed up the opportunity to join Chelsea back in 2005. Since then, Chelsea have managed to lift two Premier league titles and also in the Champions League title last season. However, the new manager Brendan Rodgers has said that the club will be able to be successful once again, but Steven Gerrard needs to be patient.

The former Swansea manager Brendan Rodgers is trying to bring a different approach to the game at Anfield. He is already making a significant impact, which was quite clearly visible in the 2-2 draw with Manchester city. Liverpool could have easily won the match had it not been for the mistake made by the defender Martin Skrtel in the dying moments of the match. This has gone a long way into erasing the memories of the horrible 3-0 defeat on the opening day of the season.

“I think Steven, over the years, has had a number of chances to leave here. He has always felt this is the club where he could still win it and he has still got a number of years left in his career. We understand how difficult it is going to be but I think he will still feel the dream is here. I don’t think he needs to move anywhere. Of course we will go through difficult moments — but his dream is to win the Barclays Premier League with Liverpool,” said Brendan Rodgers ahead of this weekend’s match.