Liverpool ‘not mentally weak’ says Brendan Rodgers

Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers insists his side are not mentally weak as they look to salvage their season in their FA Cup quarter-final replay against Blackburn at Ewood Park tomorrow night.

Back-to-back defeats against their main rivals blew a huge hole in their Champions League hopes, with losses to Manchester United and Arsenal in matches where a draw was seen as the bare minimum.

That has echoes of last season when, seemingly on an unstoppable march to their first title since 1990, they slipped up against Chelsea and fell apart at Palace as City beat them to the finish line.