The FourFourTwo Preview: QPR vs Liverpool

The Liverpool boss has been faced with talk of a club versus country row after Raheem Sterling was benched for England's victory over Estonia, having informed national team manager Roy Hodgson that he was tired.

Sterling has come in for criticism for admitting fatigue, but Rodgers leapt to the teenage attacker's defence by highlighting the fact that he had not refused to play in Tallinn.

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