Rodgers reveals careful watch over Gerrard fitness
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Brendan Rodgers reveals careful management of Steven Gerrards fitness
Brendan Rodgers admits he must be careful to correctly manage Steven Gerrards post-match recovery if the Liverpool captain is to get through the strenuous fixture list this season.
The 33-year-old has played the full 90 minutes on six occasions already this season, as well as the first hour of Englands international friendly against Scotland.
And Reds boss Rodgers, who has been named the Premier League manager of the month today, says he must correctly manage the midfielders recovery process and not demand too much of him in training.
You need to analyse the people and what age he is at and the body type he is, said Rodgers.
One of the biggest things in our method of work is the recovery method. Stevie for example plays on the Saturday, recovers on the Sunday doing pulls, stretch and massage, on the Tuesday recovers further with maybe a light jog. Its a long load of low intensity recovery. Stevie was fit enough to play Saturday, Tuesday and Sunday at the start of this season.
He has moderate to low intensity recovery programmes. We have individual plans for every player in terms of getting them through the games.
Gerrard is set to make his seventh competitive start of the season on Monday when Liverpool travel to Swansea, with the Reds looking to continue their 100 per cent winning run this term.
Brendan Rodgers admits he must be careful to correctly manage Steven Gerrards post-match recovery if the Liverpool captain is to get through the strenuous fixture list this season.
The 33-year-old has played the full 90 minutes on six occasions already this season, as well as the first hour of Englands international friendly against Scotland.
And Reds boss Rodgers, who has been named the Premier League manager of the month today, says he must correctly manage the midfielders recovery process and not demand too much of him in training.
You need to analyse the people and what age he is at and the body type he is, said Rodgers.
One of the biggest things in our method of work is the recovery method. Stevie for example plays on the Saturday, recovers on the Sunday doing pulls, stretch and massage, on the Tuesday recovers further with maybe a light jog. Its a long load of low intensity recovery. Stevie was fit enough to play Saturday, Tuesday and Sunday at the start of this season.
He has moderate to low intensity recovery programmes. We have individual plans for every player in terms of getting them through the games.
Gerrard is set to make his seventh competitive start of the season on Monday when Liverpool travel to Swansea, with the Reds looking to continue their 100 per cent winning run this term.
