Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers feels that getting the sack at Reading was fortunate for his career as it paved the way for his learning process.

Rodgers, who was appointed the man in charge at Reading in June 2009, left the club by mutual consent after just six months in charge, with his club going through a poor run of form that saw the Royals being placed just one place above the relegation zone in the Championship.




That, the 42-year-old insists, was the turning point in his career as he later returned to management with Swansea City and led them to Premier League promotion in 2011.

Rodgers insists that the situation which Liverpool found themselves in November last year, when they lost their fourth straight match to Crystal Palace, was more or less the same as it was with Reading in 2009 – without the sack.
 


And that was when Rodgers insists that he felt the need to make some drastic changes put the rhythm back in his team.

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It was in fact in a game against Manchester United in December that Rodgers reveals he found out that his tactical changes were starting to find ground, with Raheem Sterling being shifted to a central striking role to use his acceleration.

"I am an innovative coach, and I needed to find a way to make us play better", Rodgers told his club's official site.

"I think the transformation in the team has been really good to see and to see the confidence, and everyone talking about the system and how dynamic it is, and the fluency.

"After the Palace game in particular, I felt it doesn't matter how much support you have, the team is not functioning and it could not go on really. I respect and understand that.

"My experience at Reading told me that. That's what I learned from that sacking.

"I went in with the full backing of the chairman, who was great to me, and I got 20 games.

"Even though it was a three-year project and they wanted me there and I was the guy who had moulded the club more than anyone, I got the sack after 20 games.

"I call that a fortunate period in my career because I learned that from then and that paved the way for my learning here."

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