Rodgers hails brilliant Liverpool despite title despair


By ToDavis

Liverpool's manager Brendan Rodgers waves following their final match of the Premier League season against Newcastle United which they won 2-1, at Anfield in Liverpool, northern England May 11, 2014. REUTERS/Phil Noble

LONDON (Reuters) - A season that nosedived from hope and belief into dejection and disappointment should be seen as a positive stepping stone, Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers said on Sunday after settling for second best in the Premier League title race.

Having led the standings heading into the home straight, a campaign that promised to lift the weighty millstone of a 24-year top flight title drought came to a deflating end with a 2-1 victory over Newcastle United that counted for nothing.

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