What if: Steven Gerrard had never slipped against Chelsea

#4 Brendan Rodgers would make his name as a big time manager

Brendan Rodgers could have taken his career to the next level had he won the title with Liverpool

Brendan Rodgers hadn’t managed a big club till he took the reins at Liverpool. Not a completely obscure name, but not one who would be expected to be given charge of a team like Liverpool, given his lack experience managing big clubs.

He had a four-year spell in charge of the Chelsea youth before going on to manage Watford, Reading and Swansea City, and then finally coming to Anfield. If he were to become the man to bring the first English Premier League title to the historic club, that would earn him a seat at the big boys’ table of managers.

It wouldn’t necessarily put him in the same bracket of proven serial winners like that of Jose Mourinho and Sir Alex Ferguson, but it would definitely improve his prestige and reputation vastly, taking his standing up a few notches.