Brendan Rodgers and Celtic broke Pep Guardiola’s perfect record at Man City with a 3-3 draw in the Champions League group stage. The following is a transcript of Rodgers’ conversation with Guardiola after the match.
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Brendan Rodgers not embarrassed about embarrassing Champions League qualifier loss to Gibraltar club
In his first competitive match with Celtic, Brendan Rodgers faced Gibraltar Premier Division champions Lincoln Red Imps and lost 1-0. With Antonio Calderon Vallejo instead of Anthony Bardon, this was the Red Imps’ starting XI…
DT Exclusive: Brendan Rodgers’ first moments as Celtic manager
Brendan Rodgers is Celtic’s new manager, ending a rather productive spell away from the game (boxing! a Times Square marriage proposal! daring fashions!) after he was sacked by Liverpool last October. A lifelong fan of the club, Rodgers seems to be a perfect match for the Scottish champions and has excited their supporters.
The following is a transcript of Brendan Rodgers’ conversation with Celtic chief executive Peter Lawwell immediately after signing his new contract.
Brendan Rodgers is boxing now
Brendan Rodgers is rumored to be headed to Celtic or back to Swansea next season, bringing an end to his, erm, colorful time off since getting sacked by Liverpool last October. So he’s getting into fighting shape by boxing with a new trainer who has demonstrated that he is either making fun of him or is just as oblivious as Brendan himself with the Instagram post above.
In the video, Rodgers trains with boxing gloves in an empty garage with Kanye West’s “Power” serving as the soundtrack. The ferocious look in his eyes tells you he’s imagining either Jurgen Klopp or Mario Balotelli as he goes to town on his trainer’s punch mitts.
Anyway, this has been your regular update on what Brendan Rodgers has been up to. Sadly, there isn’t going to be a sequel to Being: Liverpool about the last six months of his life.
Brendan Rodgers: Fashion icon
Brendan Rodgers is feeling good about life again after proposing to his girlfriend in Times Square and his wardrobe is reflecting that. Well, that or a devastating midlife crisis. Either way, he has developed into a budding fashion icon over the course of his unemployment and it’s time we all take notice.
Brendan Rodgers proposed to his girlfriend in Times Square
Buddy seeing former #lfc boss Brendan Rodgers propose at Times Square! #ynwa pic.twitter.com/WyUjOwk7re
— James Erler, SJ (@j_erler) February 13, 2016
If you’ve been wondering what former Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers has been up to since Jurgen Klopp presumably wised up and stopped going ’round to his house for advice, the answer is getting engaged in the most touristy and unromantic way possible.
DT Exclusive: Jurgen Klopp’s visit to Brendan Rodgers’ house
Brendan Rodgers has revealed that he had Jurgen Klopp, the man who replaced him as Liverpool manager this season, over to his house for a friendly chat when the German first took the job.
“Whatever help he needed going into the job as manager, I was there for that,” Rodgers told BeIN Sports.
The following is a transcript of that chat.
DT Exclusive: The phone call that ended Brendan Rodgers’ reign at Liverpool
Brendan Rodgers was sacked as Liverpool manager after their 1-1 draw in the Merseyside derby. According to the Guardian, Rodgers was informed of the decision in a phone call from Fenway Sports Group president Mike Gordon. The following is a transcript of that phone call.
Thierry Henry’s dramatic reaction to hearing Brendan Rodgers has been sacked
Brendan Rodgers has been sacked by Liverpool after their 1-1 draw with Everton. Upon hearing the news live on the air with Sky Sports, Thierry Henry reacted like an actor in a soap opera who just saw a character thought to be dead, reaching out to steady himself on Jamie Carragher’s thigh, even though he was already sitting down.
Manuel Pellegrini and Brendan Rodgers are losing their minds
We’re only seven matches into the Premier League season and Premier League managers are already going insane. Jose Mourinho’s struggles in this area have been well documented here, but he’s not the only one.
After losing 4-1 to Spurs and conceding first place to Man United, Man City manager Manuel Pellegrini got so worked up that he couldn’t even properly execute a press conference storm-out.