Source: Daily_Mail
Daniel Agger denies rift with Liverpool boss Roy Hodgson
Misrepresented: Agger has hit out at Danish press[LNB]Liverpool defender Daniel Agger insists he has no issues with manager Roy Hodgson's tactics and will continue to fight for his place in the team.[LNB]Reports in Agger's homeland of Denmark appeared to suggest the defender did not agree with the style of play under Hodgson.[LNB]However, the 25-year-old claims his comments, given to a Danish television station after Sunday's 3-2 defeat at Manchester United, were subsequently misrepresented by newspapers in his home country.[LNB]'I am very disappointed with the papers in Denmark for the way they have done this story,' he said.[LNB]'I spoke to Danish TV after the game on Sunday and answered the questions thatwere put to me. I didn't speak to the papers.[LNB]'The problem was the questions never appeared on TV, only the answers did, and then the newspapers put their own questions in.[LNB]'What came out was 100% wrong and that is why I am very disappointed.'[LNB]The reports suggested Agger was at odds over a long-ball policy which was being implemented by Hodgson.[LNB]But the centre-back said it was his interviewer - not his manager - who had put forward the idea of pumping passes forward.[LNB]'The TV journalist asked me what I needed to do to get back into the team and suggested I should start hitting more long balls,' he added.[LNB] Side by side: Agger and Hodgson appeared at a press conference just last week[LNB]'I said I wouldn't do that because I'm not that kind of player. That's where that quote came from.[LNB]'I actually think we play good football and that we have showed that against Manchester United and against Arsenal[LNB]'What I don't understand is that it was only a few days ago when I spoke tothe media ahead of the Steaua Bucharest game and said everybody at the club washappier now with the new manager, the new players and the new methods.[LNB]'It's strange to read this just a few days later but that's the way the mediaworks, especially in Denmark.[LNB]'I have been involved in every [Premier League] game this season. Of course I'm disappointed when I'm not in the team, but I have been here for five years and really like it here.[LNB]'I wouldn't have stayed for this long if I didn't like it or if I was unhappy. I am still happy and will keep fighting for my place.'[LNB] Daniel Agger delivers route one snub to Liverpool boss Roy Hodgson: I won't play long ball Spirit of Shankly call for two days of Anfield protests at Liverpool owners LIVERPOOL FC
