Hodgson surprised by Anfield spotlight

Hodgson is under pressure after a poor start and has found a lot of his decisions dissected in minute detail by pundits and fans.

Having achieved moderate success at a club with lower expectations in Fulham, Hodgson concedes he had not anticipated the step up in coverage at Anfield.

Hodgson said: “This football club have a lot of players who have played for Liverpool for a long time.

“Every other day they’ve probably read or heard some nonsense about them and they seem to be a pretty hardened bunch.

“I’m relatively hardened but I’ve been spared too much at Fulham, where never a bad word was said.

“It is an interesting thing for me to get into the type of mindset Jamie Carragher and