Joe Allen: Liverpool players almost got Brendan Rodgers the sack last season

It’s up to us to get back to the levels we know we can reach.

“He’s got all the traits and the profile of what we would want as a player – he works very, very hard, he’s a talented player and someone we feel can score goals for the team”.

Clyne, however, maintains he did not show Hodgson a lack of respect when he headed straight for the dressing room at the end of that 3-2 win, saying: ‘I was disappointed not to play (against Slovenia) but it’s just made me hungrier to get in the team.’. For me, the flexibility of the player was important.

Goals from Lazar Markovic, Mamadou Sakho, Adam Lallna and Divock Origi eased the visiting Liverpool side to a comfortable 40 victory over the True All Star Team featuring Thai players from various Thai Premier League clubs on Tuesday’s evening at Rajamangala National stadium.

The Wales worldwide said: “The start of last season was disappointing for us”.

“Secondly, tactically, we were looking to find something from the game tonight”, he added.

“When you end on a low like we did at Stoke then it’s a really long summer”.

“These are the challenges that we’ll find throughout our Premier League season”. I thought I just went in with the rest of the team.

Liverpool are now in Australia for the second leg of their pre-season tour of Asia and Australia.

Brendan Rodgers will waste no time in reinvesting the funds Liverpool received from Raheem Sterling’s sale as the club are prepared to meet Christian Benteke’s £32.5million (S$69.1 million) Aston Villa release clause.

“When we come here to Thailand we always get a wonderful reception”, Rodgers stated. But everyone is enjoying the sessions. Tonight we’ll fly to Brisbane and that will be another different experience, but also a great experience. There is not too many clubs that have that pull and that support. “There was a good atmosphere for a pre-season game and everyone got 45 minutes which is going to help us”, he added. We didn’t start the way we would have liked but turned it around at one point and had a good run from December through to March.