{"id":433154,"date":"2011-05-31T07:15:00","date_gmt":"2011-05-31T07:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/05\/31\/liverpools-maxi-rodriguez-we-must-secure-champions-league-spot-next-season\/"},"modified":"2011-05-31T07:15:00","modified_gmt":"2011-05-31T07:15:00","slug":"liverpools-maxi-rodriguez-we-must-secure-champions-league-spot-next-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/31\/liverpools-maxi-rodriguez-we-must-secure-champions-league-spot-next-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool&#8217;s Maxi Rodriguez: We must secure Champions League spot next season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Aaron McLoughlin<\/h3>\n<h4>31 May 2011 08:15:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"68.127672956\">\n<div readability=\"16.0760869565\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"EPL,Maxi Rodriguez,Liverpool vs Birmingham City \" src=\"http:\/\/u.goal.com\/129600\/129665_news.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>EPL,Maxi Rodriguez,Liverpool vs Birmingham City<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p><span readability=\"28.1129411765\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/search\/results?cof=FORID%3A10&#038;cx=partner-pub-2568680452975491%3Apj7iucka3ou&#038;ie=utf8&#038;q=maxi+rodriguez&#038;sa=#894\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/98\/liverpool\">Liverpool<\/a> midfielder <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/argentina\/1795\/maximiliano-rub%C3%A9n-rodr%C3%ADguez\">Maxi Rodriguez<\/a> is targeting a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2914\/champions-league\">Champions League<\/a> place after an impressive end to the season.<\/p>\n<p>The Reds endured their worst start to a campaign since 1953-54 under Roy Hodgson, but Kenny Dalglish helped guide the team from a mid-table position to sixth place following his arrival in January.<\/p>\n<p>Maxi finished the season by scoring seven goals in four games, and now hopes Liverpool, who have not even qualified for next season&#8217;s Europa League, can return to the Champions League as soon as possible.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPersonally, I&#8217;m very happy,\u201d Maxi told <em>Liverpool Daily Post<\/em>. \u201cI finished the season with lots of goals but also the team&#8217;s performances were improved.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe team did not start well but we almost turned it around to reach Europe. We must return to the Champions League next season.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sergio Aguero has announced his intention to leave Maxi&#8217;s former club Atletico Madrid this summer, and the Liverpool midfielder says he can understand why his international team-mate wants a new challenge.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen former Atletico and Liverpool striker Fernando Torres was the captain of the team we were not so good &#8211; he really had to drag the side through games,\u201d he continued. \u201cNow Kun probably also feels alone and it is difficult to carry the club by yourself.\u201d<br \/><span><span id=\"divAdnetKeyword\"\/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><em>Our<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/em><span><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/GoalUK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/u.goal.com\/93900\/93900.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"48\" height=\"11\" \/><\/em><\/a><\/span><em>\u00a0provides the best breaking news online and our\u00a0<\/em><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GoalUK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/u.goal.com\/93800\/93899.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"49\" height=\"10\" \/><\/em><\/a><\/span><em>\u00a0football fan community is unmatched worldwide. Never miss a thing again!<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>See the rest here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/05\/31\/2511194\/liverpools-maxi-rodriguez-we-must-secure-champions-league\" title=\"Liverpool's Maxi Rodriguez: We must secure Champions League spot next season\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Liverpool&#8217;s Maxi Rodriguez: We must secure Champions League spot next season<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Aaron McLoughlin 31 May 2011 08:15:00 EPL,Maxi Rodriguez,Liverpool vs Birmingham City Related Links Teams Players Liverpool midfielder Maxi Rodriguez is targeting a Champions League place after an impressive end to the season. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":433032,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-433154","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-politics"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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