Rodgers convinced Liverpool coming so close last season is 'only the beginning'
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Rodgers’ three-year mission to get the club back in Champions League was achieved 12 months ahead of schedule
Demba Ba gives Chelsea the lead after Steven Gerrard's slipIt was an afternoon Kopites would dearly love to forget.
The momentum built up by a remarkable run of 11 successive league wins had putLiverpool FC on the brink of their first title for 24 years. Just seven points from their final three matches and the long wait for a 19th top-flight crown was over.
But on April 27 the dream turned into a nightmare. Chelsea gate-crashed the Anfield party and Manchester City took full advantage.
Defeat cut deep but Brendan Rodgers has no wish to erase that emotional roller-coaster from his players’ memory banks.
Liverpool FC V Chelsea FC in the Barclays Premier League at Anfield Stadium. Philippe Coutinho & Luis Suarez wait to kick off after Demba Ba put Chelsea 1-0 up. Pic Andrew Teebay. Rather than fear the consequences of that heartbreak he insists the experience will prove to be a stepping stone to glory this season.
The message sent from America to the club’s title rivals is clear – Liverpool aren’t going anywhere.
“Remembering that feeling, that’s what drives you,” said Rodgers, whose side face AC Milan at Charlotte’s Bank of America Stadium tonight.
“The Chelsea game was the one. A draw even at Palace was alright.
“But if you look at the history of the winning teams they have always gone close. You look at the United team that won it in 1993, they came close in 1992 when they just lost it to Leeds.
“They came back the following year and won it. That set up an era of winning for them. They won the Champions League (in 1999) and they just missed out two years before.
“Part of the process of winning is being able to lose like we did. What it has done with this team and this group, it has made us even more unified and stronger to be more successful in the future.
“We have got players that have had disappointments in their career and picked themselves up again.
“For me there was no real hangover, I was just so proud of how we as a whole club got together last season. The supporters talking about making them dream and there is no negative in it for me.
“We went so close but it is only the beginning for us. I’m super hungry to be a champion and succeed and we have shown we have the credentials to do that.
“The Premier League is going to be as competitive as ever. There will be six odd teams who can challenge for it but we’ve reinforced the squad and we will go into it with even more belief with a group of young players who are hungry too.”
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