Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers and Newcastle boss Steve McClaren face another nerve-racking weekend on the touchline as they fight increasingly desperate battles to save their jobs.
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 English 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 shootout by fourth tier minnows Carlisle.
Although they eventually won that League Cup tie, the lacklustre display did little to ease the growing scrutiny on Rodgers, with Liverpool forced to deny reports which claimed they had approached former Real Madrid boss Carlo Ancelotti about taking over at Anfield.
Rodgers’ plight is mirrored on Tyneside, where McClaren is losing the support of the locals just eight games into his reign.
source:theaustralian.com.au
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