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da betobet： Roy Hodgson’s short tenure at Liverpool didn’t have many positives.
The former England manager signed the likes of Paul Konchesky, Christian Poulsen and Milan Jovanovic, all of whom were massive failures at Anfield, and left the club just over six months after being appointed as manager with Liverpool sat in 12th.
Hodgson won just seven of his 20 games in charge of the Reds and never really made his way into the fans’ good books – even more so after he said the 5-time European Cup winners ‘weren’t too big for a relegation battle’.
Luis Suarez certainly had no qualms about celebrating against his former employers in the video below…
But that isn’t the quote we’re going to focus on today.
No. Instead, let’s take a look at the time Hodgson described Liverpool’s 2-0 defeat to bitter rivals Everton as one of their best performances under his management…
After watching his side fall to defeat at Goodison Park, a result that left them in 19th place with only goal difference keeping them off the bottom, Hodgson said: ‘That was as good as we have played all season, and I have no qualms with the performance whatsoever. I only hope fair-minded people will see it the same way.
“It’s just unfortunate that such a good game of football, a real credit to the Premier League, will revolve round the fact that Liverpool did not win.
“It was a sterling effort by the players, especially after Everton’s second goal went in. Pressure builds up, of course, but we will cope with that.”
This Merseyside derby in particular was the first game seen by Liverpool’s new American owners, John W Henry and Tom Werner, and they will have been wondering what on earth was going on with their latest investment after Hodgson’s bizarre comments.
The result meant that Hodgson had made the worst start to a managerial career at Liverpool since George Patterson in 1928, winning just one of his first eight Premier League games.
He didn’t win on or off the pitch, with some truly absurd comments throughout his tenure.