{"id":41,"date":"2015-08-17T00:31:00","date_gmt":"2015-08-16T23:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.friendsofliverpool.com\/2015\/08\/17\/lovren-gets-the-nod-from-rodgers\/"},"modified":"2017-02-13T11:12:53","modified_gmt":"2017-02-13T11:12:53","slug":"lovren-gets-the-nod-from-rodgers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.friendsofliverpool.com\/2015\/08\/lovren-gets-the-nod-from-rodgers\/","title":{"rendered":"LOVREN GETS THE NOD FROM RODGERS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers has opted to put his trust in last Season&#8217;s error-ridden defender Dejan Lovren for the immediate future.<\/p>\n<p>After last weekends 1-0 win over Stoke City where Lovren was good in fairness, Mamado Sakho has been shoved down the pecking order.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-965\" src=\"https:\/\/www.friendsofliverpool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/lovren.jpg\" alt=\"lovren\" width=\"400\" height=\"238\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.friendsofliverpool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/lovren.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.friendsofliverpool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/lovren-300x179.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Rodgers said: <em>\u201cI thought that back four last week were exceptional.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI thought he (Lovren) was very, very good last week. I think it\u2019s confidence. I felt \u2013 and I said it last year \u2013 in his second year he\u2019ll be a better player here.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIt\u2019s such a huge move to come to a club like this and it\u2019s only when they\u2019re in they recognise the expectations that are here.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIt was about trying to find that balance early on in pre-season. We\u2019ve got excellent players here in Sakho, Kolo, but centre-halves will tell you it\u2019s about finding that comfort with a partner, that partnership.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cAnd I thought the two centre-halves were very good last week and Dejan in particular where he\u2019s aggressive, good in the air, his reading of the game was good and his passing was simple but effective.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI think he\u2019s gained confidence in pre-season and hopefully that will be maintained.\u201d<br \/>\n<\/em><br \/>\nCertainly Lovren was defensively sound alongside Martin Skrtel in the back-four against Stoke, but can he sustain an error\u00a0free run of form, that very much remains to be seen.<\/p>\n<p>Liverpool play newly-promoted Bournemouth this evening in what should be a home win for Rodger&#8217;s Liverpool team.<\/p>\n<p>Lets hope Lovren and\u00a0his team-mates deliver on that.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers has opted to put his trust in last Season&#8217;s error-ridden defender Dejan Lovren for the immediate future. 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