{"id":96,"date":"2014-03-15T00:24:00","date_gmt":"2014-03-15T00:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.friendsofliverpool.com\/2014\/03\/15\/rodgers-looking-to-eliminate-united-from-a-top-four-finish\/"},"modified":"2017-02-13T14:18:45","modified_gmt":"2017-02-13T14:18:45","slug":"rodgers-looking-to-eliminate-united-from-a-top-four-finish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.friendsofliverpool.com\/2014\/03\/rodgers-looking-to-eliminate-united-from-a-top-four-finish\/","title":{"rendered":"RODGERS LOOKING TO ELIMINATE UNITED FROM A TOP FOUR FINISH"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1038\" src=\"https:\/\/www.friendsofliverpool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/rodgers.watching.jpg\" alt=\"Rodgers Watching\" width=\"517\" height=\"503\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.friendsofliverpool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/rodgers.watching.jpg 517w, https:\/\/www.friendsofliverpool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/rodgers.watching-300x292.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 517px) 100vw, 517px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Liverpool Manager Brendan Rodgers faces up to Man Utd on Sunday knowing that a victory for Liverpool will cement their top-four credentials and probably condemn Utd&#8217;s Champion&#8217;s League qualifier-hopes for this Season:<\/p>\n<p>Rodgers is adamant United will not be able to catch Liverpool, should his side win at Old Trafford for the first time in five years on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are 11 points clear now. 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