The manager said:

on Balo

“I don’t know, but there is no problem, so we move on.”

“I don’t have to protect Mario, he is fine. There is no concern.”

On Sturridge

“I can only concentrate on his injury now and what my medical team here, who are fantastic, are telling me,” Rodgers said. “He is just in the middle of recovering and we will see the length of time it takes.


“I’m not an expert on genetics or medicine, so I can’t comment. All we know is that he had a calf strain on the back of his last injury, and he is working to recover from that.”

“It is up to myself to find the solution,” Rodgers said. “The players who are available are working very hard, and we are still learning about each other.

“I think this is something that sometimes is missed – you get new players in and with not as much preparation time, you are learning about them in the games.

“But I can see each day relationships growing between the players and the connection in the team.

“Whenever you have players out it makes it a bit more difficult, but you need to find the solutions in different ways and that is what we have been trying to do.

“Gradually as each day goes by I sense we are getting better. “With Daniel out, of course it is a miss, but it is also an opportunity, as we saw the other night.

“Fabio Borini was excellent, a real threat, and put in a wonderful cross for the (Balotelli) goal. “And Rickie Lambert, who hasn’t had many opportunities – his goals will come.

“He is working tirelessly every day, he had some nice touches and his goals will come.”

HEIL MEIN REDS wrote:I knew Allen doesnt have balls to do something but it was disappointing to see Henderson not doing anything.

Don't call me James wrote:
Rodgers should beaten to death for playing Johnson over Manquillo. Why on earth did Johnson walked right back into the team when Manquillo didn't deserve to lose his spot? Favoratism? Idiocy? *bleep* this shit *bleep* *bleep*

iftikhar wrote:I think we can confidently say that we are in a crisis. So what's the way out???