Brendan Rodgers unfazed by Demba Ba’s return

Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers insists Demba Ba’s return to Anfield, 10 months after he ruined the club’s Premier League title dream, will not stir up bad memories.

In April last year Ba, then a Chelsea player, capitalised on a slip by Steven Gerrard to race through and score the crucial opening goal at Anfield.

Chelsea went on to win 2-0 and deliver a fatal blow to Liverpool’s hopes of ending their long, barren run without a championship.