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Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers was dismissed on Sunday, paying the cost for the club’s 18-month droop.

Coaching Liverpool is not easy nowadays.

The Reds, now sat 10th in the Premier League after a substandard start to the campaign, have identified the German as their ideal successor – though Carlo Ancelotti and Frank de Boer are other candidates under consideration.

Both Jurgen Klopp and Carlo Ancelotti have been linked with the manager’s role at Liverpool in the past week, with the Reds’ League Cup penalty shootout victory over Carlisle United heaping pressure on Rodgers, who said “you take that as part and parcel of the...

“No, no, no, no. No chance – no”, he said. Myself and my players stay very calm knowing we’ll get our rewards.

Speaking ahead of Sunday’s (AEST) crucial home game against Aston Villa, Rodgers acknowledged the speculation regarding Klopp and Ancelotti and said he would “totally respect” the decision should Liverpool’s owners decide to sack him.

“He was outstanding”, Rodgers said.

“But my focus is still very much on the now and making us the best we possibly can be”.

Brendan Rodgers is ready to “embrace the challenge” of getting Liverpool’s season back on track as speculation mounts regarding his future.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has belittled Jose Mourinho’s achievements at Chelsea by suggesting Claudio Ranieri laid the foundations for their decade of success.

Brendan Rodgers has admitted his job as Liverpool manager is on the line and said he will do whatever he can to turn around the club’s fortunes.

The former forward believes Brendan Rodgers should be criticized for failing to replace Luis Suarez or adapt his side’s style.

Luis Suarez was still around, at the time, but the ageing Steven Gerrard wasn’t going to be for much longer and the Kop needed another midfield hero to worship.

However, the 25-year-old was hurt during the training session, with a scan later confirming that he had suffered a fracture in his right foot.

Coming into this weekend’s fixture, both teams have endured identical results from their opening 4 games this season (WWDL).