Roy Hodgson admits his Liverpool mistake as he makes telling Steven Gerrard admission

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Roy Hodgson has confessed how he would have used Steven Gerrard differently if he could do his time at Liverpool again(Image: John Powell/Liverpool FC via Getty Images)

Roy Hodgson has revealed how he wishes he had leaned more on Steven Gerrard to make a success out of his ill-fated spell as Liverpool manager.

Swathes of the Anfield support wanted club icon Kenny Dalglish appointed as Benitez's successor, and a tough start to life in Liverpool saw Hodgson fighting an uphill battle for almost all of his time at the club.

It's even been speculated Gerrard, who later worked under Hodgson with England, missed a penalty against Blackburn on purpose in January 2011 to help solidify Hodgson's sacking, claims which have been widely shut down.



The coaching journeyman referred to his former captain while outlining what he might have done differently if offered the opportunity again.

"I don't think I dealt with it very well," he told Gary Lineker on The Rest Is Football podcast as he looked back on his tenure.

But it's one of those mistakes I have to forgive myself in a way simply because I don't how I could have washed away the feelings and the work that had got me there."

Hodgson named Jamie Carragher and Gerrard as two local connections he didn't exploit enough(Image: John Powell/Liverpool FC via Getty Images)

Hodgson also addressed the disruption that followed when Fenway Sports Group, then known as New England Sports Ventures, purchased Liverpool in late 2010.

But it wasn't the Liverpool team that had done so well [under Benitez]."

Asked what he would have done differently if he had a redo over the Anfield job, the 78-year-old responded: "I always thought Jamie Carragher and Steven Gerrard were on board what we were trying to do...

but I might have tried to get more out of them.

Hodgson's successor, Kenny Dalglish, immediately got more out of Gerrard & Co(Image: Liverpool Echo)

"[Ask], 'Look, how has it been?