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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

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

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Liverpool FC has announced that Brendan Rodgers will leave his post with immediate effect: http://t.co/it2bKIJQbc pic.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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