Liverpool suffered a huge injury blow on Friday when they announced that striker Daniel Sturridge was ruled out for at least three more weeks after suffering another injury in training.
Manager Brendan Rodgers had been hoping the striker would be a boost to his faltering side.
Now Sturridge, who injured his calf during a warm-up at Melwood on Thursday, will miss a number of crucial games, including home and away Champions League group games against defending champions Real Madrid.
Liverpool have seven games in the next three weeks, including games with Swansea on October 28th and a premier league game against Chelsea on the 8th of November.
Sturridge was recovering from a thigh problem he picked up in September, the injury led to a rift between England and Liverpool over the striker’s recovery schedule.
Despite Rodgers attempts to play things down, the bad blood seemed to be lingering after Hodgson suggested that the Liverpool manager’s practice of having a two-day recovery for player is a waste of time.
According to the daily mail, Brenden Rodgers also feels the England boss should have kept the conversation he had with Raheem sterling in the build up to their qualifier confidential.
Rodgers said: ‘Every conversation you have with a player is private.
‘That’s how I work and I am sure Roy will probably look at this episode going forward and analyse where he can be better on it.
‘I’m sure when they [Sterling and Hodgson] meet up next they will speak on that and clear that up.
‘My only focus is getting Raheem’s confidence up. All this shook him a bit but he has been brilliant in training. This is a kid we bring up to be responsible and be honest.’
The Liverpool manager is incandescent that some people believe Sterling actually asked not to play for England last weekend.
Asked if the FA should have clarified this, Rodgers said: ‘Maybe. I can’t control what he [Hodgson] says or thinks.
‘What has been disappointing and grossly unfair is how the kid has been on the back page for something he did not say.
‘He did not say he was not able to play. What he said was he felt tired, and what you do is take on board all the information and then make a decision. So you respect Roy’s decision not to play him.
‘Roy is a manager with great experience who has been around the game long enough and all managers deal with situations differently.
‘But I have one thing to clear up. I have seen a lot written about the second-day recovery.
‘People think Liverpool players are at home on day two with their feet up watching Sky Sports. That couldn’t be further from the truth.
‘My belief and training model is to make players better. Part of that is recovery as my game is about pressing and playing at a high physical level. Our second-day recovery is technically a session. The space we play in is very small to reduce the intensity.
‘That has worked for me all the way through my life and has kept players fit and fresh.
‘That has helped people here like Steven Gerrard to play as many games (as he has). Recovery is vital, physical and mental. I take great pride in it and give it a lot of focus.
‘I’m not waiting for a thesis to give me evidence. We’re at the edge of the game creating evidence ourselves.’