Liverpool's new manager Brendan Rodgers at a press conference at Anfield, Liverpool, England Friday June 1, 2012. New Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers conceded he'll have to earn respect at Anfield on being plucked from relative obscurity on Friday after his successful spell at fellow English Premier League team Swansea. In arguably the most low-key managerial appointment made by the fallen English giants in a generation, the 39-year-old Rodgers was preferred to Wigan manager Roberto Martinez despite having only one season's experience in England's top division.