4) Brendan Rodgers – Liverpool
In his second season with the Reds, Rodgers helped Liverpool to a second-placed finish. It was the closest they had come to winning the Premier League in two decades. However, destiny had something else in mind, as captain Steven Gerrard’s slip saw them blow away the lead in the Premier League and they couldn’t catch up after that.
Nonetheless, it brought hope. Finally, the fans could dream. They were going to play in the Champions League—the competition they won 5 times, a record number for an English club—and it could only get better from here.
But how wrong were they?
By the end of the second season, doubts crept in as the Merseyside club finished 6th. And three months into his 3rd season, the Liverpool board decided that it was best to part ways with the Northern Irish manager.
Anyone who saw Liverpool play knew that it was coming. Heading into the Merseyside Derby, they had only won one out of their 8 games. A win was the need of the hour, but all they could manage was a one-all draw—making it Rodgers’ last game as Liverpool’s manager.
