Liverpool’s Brendan Rodgers in hot water

London: Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers and Newcastle boss Steve McClaren face another nerve-wracking weekend on the touchline as they fight increasingly desperate battles to avoid the sack.

 

Rodgers has come under fire from Liverpool’s usually loyal fans after a woeful run of form which has left his side languishing in 13th place in the Premier League.

 

The Reds have gone four league games without a win, a dispiriting sequence that included heavy defeats against Manchester United and West Ham, and on Wednesday they suffered the indignity of being taken to a penalty shoot-out by fourth tier minnows Carlisle.