Rodgers: 'Suarez is player of the year'

Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers believes he has the player of the year in Luis Suarez and hopes the striker can lead the Reds on a late-season charge.

The Uruguay international has scored 25 goals this season, 18 of which have come in the league, to put him one behind of Manchester United’s Robin van Persie and three ahead of Tottenham’s Gareth Bale – both fellow contenders for this season’s star man award.