{"id":3898,"date":"2014-05-04T02:35:33","date_gmt":"2014-05-04T02:35:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/africanexaminer.com\/sports\/?p=3898"},"modified":"2014-05-04T04:19:12","modified_gmt":"2014-05-04T04:19:12","slug":"liverpool-manager-maintains-his-stand-over-mourinho-tactic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/africanexaminer.com\/sports\/football\/liverpool-manager-maintains-his-stand-over-mourinho-tactic\/","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool Manager Maintains His Stand Over Mourinho Tactic"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Brendan Rodgers has no regrets about criticising Jose Mourinho\u2019s boring Chelsea.<\/p>\n

The Kop boss admitted his emotional outburst following his side’s 2-0 defeat at the hands of the Londoners last week was borne of frustration.<\/p>\n

And he has since made his peace with Mourinho during a telephone call.\u00a0But Rodgers insists he was right to blast the Blues\u2019 brand of football.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was a bit frustrated, but I don\u2019t regret what I said,\u201d insisted Rodgers. \u201cI am big enough to respect the man Jose is and the manager he is.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe is a great man, I know that. It was never personal; it was a professional look at the game.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am never one to say that my way is always the best way. I have a huge appreciation for the way he works and his team.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cBut I still think what I said was right. I knew exactly what I was saying.\u201d<\/p>\n

Instead of undermining Rodgers\u2019 belief in his methods, Chelsea\u2019s smash-and-grab raid has only confirmed to him that he should not change his philosophy.<\/p>\n

He added: \u201cI get the stuff about having a Plan B or a Plan C all the time, but if people think we need to get a 6ft 5ins striker then they are wrong.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is clear to me that my methods work. On any given day, sometimes it doesn\u2019t.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have said that if we don\u2019t win the title this season it will be because of a mistake or a bit of bad luck \u2013 and that\u2019s what happened against Chelsea.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut the message I gave to the players was not to grieve over the result, because that\u2019s what can happen. We\u2019ve scored 96 goals so far this season, so I think we are doing okay when it comes to \u00adcreativity.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rodgers has already started planning for next season \u2013 and has told Liverpool\u2019s owners he will look to land up to six new signings to prepare his squad for a campaign that will see the Reds return to the Champions League.<\/p>\n

He said: \u201cIt\u2019s absolutely right to say the squad isn\u2019t big enough. It needs to be improved.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe owners recognise that as well. They have been great. They have entrusted me to come into the club and put my football vision in place.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey want something that is sustainable. They have brought a manager in who will, hopefully, be here a long time.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey know the number of players we want and the profile of those players, and it is clear that we need an injection of quality at the club this summer.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s hard to define numbers, but it is clear it will have to be something like five or six.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Brendan Rodgers has no regrets about criticising Jose Mourinho\u2019s boring Chelsea. The Kop boss admitted his emotional outburst following his side’s 2-0 defeat at the hands of the Londoners last week was borne of frustration. And he has since made his peace with Mourinho during a telephone call.\u00a0But Rodgers insists he was right to blast […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3811,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[60,80],"tags":[37],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/africanexaminer.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3898"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/africanexaminer.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/africanexaminer.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/africanexaminer.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/africanexaminer.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3898"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/africanexaminer.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3898\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3899,"href":"http:\/\/africanexaminer.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3898\/revisions\/3899"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/africanexaminer.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3811"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/africanexaminer.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/africanexaminer.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/africanexaminer.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}