Roy Hodgson rues Steven Gerrard and Jamie Carragher mistake during Liverpool tenure
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Roy Hodgson has admitted he wishes he had relied more heavily on Steven Gerrard during his troubled tenure as Liverpool manager.
The former Inter Milan chief was brought in to replace Anfield legend Rafa Benitez in summer 2010 but endured just six months in charge before being dismissed in January 2011.
There has even been speculation that Gerrard, who subsequently played under Hodgson for England, deliberately missed a spot-kick against Blackburn in January 2011 to help secure Hodgson's dismissal, allegations which have been comprehensively dismissed.
The veteran coach referenced his former skipper whilst explaining what he might have approached differently given another chance.
"I don't think I dealt with it very well," he told Gary Lineker on The Rest Is Football podcast as he reflected on his spell in charge.
"I think [Jamie] Carragher summed it up well?
But of course I'd had a lot of success during that period, so I think I didn't research mentally, 'Right, what is this job.
We'd lost [Fernando] Torres [to Chelsea in January 2011]...
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 second chance at the Anfield role, the 78 year old replied: "I always thought Jamie Carragher and Steven Gerrard were on board what we were trying to do..
What do you think needs to be changed here?' And even get their ideas about some of the players