Rodgers not concerned about manager rivalry

Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers insists he is not driven by a personal desire to beat opposing managers – mainly because those battles are never fought on a level playing field.

Rodgers comes up against Jose Mourinho – the man who gave him a youth team job in his first spell at Stamford Bridge – in the Capital One Cup semi-final first leg looking to end a run of three successive defeats against his old colleague.