Brendan Rodgers: Give young Liverpool stars a break

Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers called for a sense of perspective after a week when young players Raheem Sterling and Jordon Ibe were splashed all over the front pages for off-field activities.

Pictures, dating back some months, emerged of the pair smoking a shisha pipe and came on the back of a video apparently showing Sterling inhaling laughing gas and seemingly passing out.

But Rodgers sprang to the defence of the players, aged just 20 and 19, insisting they should be given some leeway to make mistakes.