EASE THE BURDEN
The Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers has said that the Liverpool players should be looking to ease the burden on the star midfielder Steven Gerrard. The Liverpool captain has been one of the important players for the club for more than a decade now. He has been coming to the rescue of the team on numerous occasions in the past, but at 32 years of age, he is coming to the twilight of his career. Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers has already tried to bring in a number of young players into the squad, with one of the most important being the 17-year-old youngster Sterling.
However, he has not been able to achieve the results he would like to bring to the club in his first few months as the Liverpool manager. Steven Gerrard has been the most used player this season by Liverpool, but he has scored just one goal in the league. The recent defeat at the hands of Tottenham has demoted Liverpool to the 12th position in the league. Rodgers has said that Steven Gerrard has been carrying the club for 13 years now and it is the time for other players to step up into his position. Liverpool will be playing against newly promoted Southampton at home this weekend looking to bring an end to the poor run of form.
“He’s carried this club for nearly 13 years and it’s about time there was more than Steven picking up the baton of responsibility. There are others that we want to step up to the plate and get the goals. Steven been brilliant since I arrived here. His inspiration and leadership within the team has been phenomenal. He might not have got the goals that he wanted this season, but his range of passing, commitment and drive into the box against Tottenham was superb,” said Rodgers.
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