article_snippet: Brendan Rodgers took radical steps to transform Liverpool’s season as Brendan Rodgers feared a failure to do so would leave Brendan Rodgers in danger of being sacked.
article_snippet: Liverpool’s fortunes have transformed since Brendan Rodgers drastically switched Brendan Rodgers side’s system to an attack-minded 3-4-3 formation in December; Liverpool’s fortunes are the form team in the Barclays Premier League, having taken 27 points from the last 33.
article_snippet: The memory of how bad things were in November, though, has not left Brendan Rodgers and Brendan Rodgers has admitted that Brendan Rodgers experience at Reading, when Brendan Rodgers was axed in December 2009 after just 20 matches in charge, triggered Brendan Rodgers decision to rip things up and start again.
article_snippet: Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers speaks to Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers coaches during a training session at Melwood .
article_snippet: Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers shares a joke with Ivorian defender Kolo Toure in training .
article_snippet: Brendan Rodgers chats to England full back Glen Johnson during a training session at Melwood Melwood .
article_snippet: Brendan Rodgers is highly-regarded by Fenway Sports Group, Liverpool’s owners, and Brendan Rodgers signed a new long-term contract last May but the 42-year-old knows none of that would have mattered had Brendan Rodgers side’s results continued on a downward spiral.
article_snippet: I certainly wasn’t going to roll over and die,’ said Rodgers, whose side face Burnley On Wednesday.
article_snippet: But after the Crystal Palace game (in November when Liverpool lost 3-1) in particular, I felt "it doesn’t matter how much support you have, the team is not functioning".
article_snippet: Rodgers admitted the fear of being sacked had driven Rodgers on to turn the club's results around .
article_snippet: At the lowest point in the campaign, when Liverpool tumbled out of the Champions League and were playing predictably, Rodgers’ was noticeably subdued, particularly before Rodgers’ drew at home to Basel in December.
article_snippet: Rodgers’ needed to lift Rodgers’ as much as Rodgers’ players.
article_snippet: We had a huge challenge, probably the biggest I have had as a coach or manager,’ said Rodgers.
highlights_snippet: Brendan Rodgers enjoys a good relationship with Liverpool's owners .
  
highlights_snippet: But Brendan Rodgers admitted that if results hadn't improved, Brendan Rodgers could have been sacked .
  
highlights_snippet: Brendan Rodgers said Brendan Rodgers was sacked by Reading despite being backed by  board .
  
highlights_snippet: The Liverpool boss said Liverpool  taught Brendan Rodgers to adapt when times were tough .