Liverpool manager sacked eight games in to Premier League

Liverpool manager sacked eight games in to Premier League
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Liverpool sacked manager Brendan Rodgers on Sunday just eight games in to the Premier League season. Liverpool FC has announced that Brendan Rodgers

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Liverpool sacked manager Brendan Rodgers on Sunday just eight games in to the Premier League season.

Liverpool FC has announced that Brendan Rodgers will leave his post with immediate effect: http://t.co/it2bKIJQbcpic.twitter.com/M3Af12Xnk3

— Liverpool FC (@LFC) 4 Octobre 2015

The team are languishing in 10th place in the table.

The announcement came just three hours after the team drew 1-1 in the Merseyside derby with rivals Everton, leaving them with only three wins from their first eight games.

In a statement the club said it had been a difficult decision and that the search for a new manager is underway.

Rodgers succeeded Liverpool icon Kenny Dalglish as manager in 2012.

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