Ian Watson quoting Brendan Rodgers on F365:
Brendan Rodgers has never enjoyed a giant-killing. “I was always one that when I watched the games and a big team was playing a lower team, I always wanted the big team to win,” he said this week. “Why? Because if the lesser team could turn it on like the big players every week, they’d be at that level.
“So I asked: ‘Why don’t they do it every week?”
Rodgers can sometimes say things that appear a bit too clever which results in him conveniently becoming a bit of a caricature. Predominantly though, Rodgers talks a lot of sense. His views are unconventional amongst British managers and he has strong principles. Like everyone else, I can savour an upset every now and then, but fan culture and media too often overhype the significance of upsets; a classic case being the repercussions of United’s win at PSG in the Champions League last season. I find myself agreeing with Rodgers — it would be a better and more patient story if the lesser team could turn it on every week.