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Liverpool Boss insists the fringe players in his squad must contribute if Liverpool are to be successful this season.

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Rodgers gave some of his back-up players a run out during the 2-0 FA Cup Third Round victory over Oldham.

Goalkeeper Brad Jones kept a clean sheet and striker Iago Aspas scored his first goal for the Reds, but Liverpool’s first-half performance was less than impressive.

And Rodgers has called on the rest of his squad to step up their performances when needed

“They have to contribute – I can’t rely on 11, 12 players,” he said.

“Jones coming in was excellent, Brad’s been a really loyal number two. He didn’t have much to do, but what he did do with his hands was clean and his distribution was very good.

“Iago – it’s important for his confidence. It’s been difficult when you have a world-class striker playing week in, week out and getting goals. Then you’ve got Daniel Sturridge supporting, so he’s been the cover player a lot of this season apart form the opening period.

“It was good for him to get his goal in front of the Kop and hopefully that’ll give him a little bit of confidence.”

Written by Steve Milne – Have your say below 🙂

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