article_snippet.sent: Liverpool players celebrate Raheem Sterling's opening goal against Manchester United on Monday .
article_snippet.sent: Which brings us back to Liverpool, a team that had far less of a choice in its major change to personnel last summer.
article_snippet.sent: Certainly, and rightly, Brendan Rodgers will face flak if success is not found on either front.
article_snippet.sent: Brendan Rodgers will hope the controversies over Raheem Sterling's contract and hippy crack taking do not affect the youngster's performances and Liverpool's run-in .
article_snippet.sent: But what Raheem Sterling's has proven again is that Raheem Sterling's can inspire this dressing room; Raheem Sterling's can still generate motivation in a group that has had a mediocre season and among whom is a leading player unhappy with Raheem Sterling's contract situation.
article_snippet.sent: The longer serving among the squad at Swansea still talk of a man who ‘knows the name of every cousin’.
article_snippet.sent: An exaggeration, certainly, but it is worth noting that almost two years after Raheem Sterling's departure, players and staff from Swansea were still using Raheem Sterling's man-management as a reason to suggest life under Michael Laudrup, a cup winner at the club, was not as good.