Former Liverpool defender Dan Agger has spoken of how his relationship with manager Brendan Rodgers broke down.

The manager handed the club's vice-captaincy to Agger ahead of the 2013-14 campaign. But one month into the new season Rodgers blamed the Dane for a goal scored at Anfield for Southampton by now Reds' player Dejan Lovren - and, as a result, the player suffered a startling fall from grace.

"After the game he did not speak to me," Agger told Jyllands-Posten. "Something went wrong. I was the first to admit that it was my fault. I apologised but as one of the physios said there was no need to apologise as the other 50 times that I had said that I was ready and played, even if I wasn't fit, it had been fine.

"But in 42 days I went from being first choice and the club's new vice-captain to be fourth choice centre back. So I have thought a lot about it."