LIVERPOOL MANAGER BRENDAN Rodgers apologised to the club’s supporters after they witnessed a dismal 6-1 hammering at Stoke City on the final day of the Premier League season.
In Steven Gerrard’s final appearance for the club, Liverpool were simply blown away by a rampant Stoke, who scored five times in the first half without reply.
Gerrard did mark his farewell with a consolation goal in the second period, but Peter Crouch’s late header completed a miserable day for Liverpool.
The manner of the defeat led Rodgers to say sorry to the fans, before reiterating his desire to remain in the job next season.
“The Liverpool supporters deserve an apology. It was embarrassing,” he said.
“The supporters have every right to be angry. That first half was awful.
“We have to do much better than that. We were too easily beaten. You have to show aggression and desire. That’s the bottom line.
“It’s been a tough season particularly towards the end. We have come up short.
“I take full responsibility as the manager. We have to go away and fix it.
“If the owners want me to go, I’ll go. Simple as that. But I feel I have a lot to offer at Anfield. I understand questions being asked.
“My pride makes me want to be in the job. I love the club and the job. But if owners say to me I go, then I go. But I want to be here. I still feel I have a lot to offer here.”
Raheem Sterling was left on the bench for the game as speculation surrounding his future continues to mount, and Rodgers said: “There were players better mentally positioned to play in the game than Raheem.”
No author to this article, why am I not surprised.
Aren’t a lot of these ridiculous overpriced signings from Portuguese clubs donkeys? Yet they keep coming. Weird.
Name a few there?
Anelka was a bad signing 33M€ in 1999, glossed over by a couple of timely goals . Woodgate was so unlucky it was comical his best performance was capped with an own goal and a red card . Then we shouldn’t forget about Enver Baljic , or Ogjenovic , Baljic cost 16M€ back in 1999 … think about that … Ogjenovic was 2,5M same year , Prosinecki cost RM 3M€ in 1991 and was a flop , and then we could talk about Spasic, Fredy Rincón, Congo , Vítor ( who they signed instead of Cafú) , Carlos Secretario ( who would have looked bad in the United Churches League) , Flavio Conceicao, 27M€ !! in 2000 . So if you factor in things like inflation and the current market forces , Danilo can still hold his head up high !!!!
Don’t forget Jonathan Woodgate!
Why was my comment deleted. All i said was what was that comment
Well Smithers, what will you be doing this weekend? Something Gay no doubt!
You bet