article_snippet.sent: The manager's 15-minute press conference, where The manager conceded that The manager team's chances of qualifying for next season's Champions League were over, was a requiem for lost opportunities.
article_snippet.sent: It still feels as if he has the confidence, the ability and the strategy to take them back to the top.
article_snippet.sent: When they went on a run in which they lost only once in 17 league games from mid-November through to mid-March, it seemed like last season's magic was coming back.
article_snippet.sent: Daniel Sturridge Can has been a success, Brendan Rodgers has had a fine season and Philippe Coutinho has emerged as an outstanding midfielder but nevertheless, failure to make the top four will bring about new problems.
article_snippet.sent: Wednesday's FA Cup quarter-final replay against Blackburn had now become 'very, very important,' Brendan Rodgers admitted. '
article_snippet.sent: we have been dealt two big blows in these last two games.
article_snippet.sent: I very much doubt we will be in the top four now.
article_snippet.sent: Now we must really focus on the FA Cup and that is going to be very, very important for we.
article_snippet.sent: Young players have improved as the season has gone on and hopefully now we can finish strongly.
article_snippet.sent: We need to go into next year and make a really bright start in the opening eight games.'
highlights_snippet.sent: Club's top four hopes have been dealt a massive blow with the defeat .
  