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Rodgers also gave 18-year-old striker Samed Yesil a chance to start with Fabio Borini's long-term injury leaving Rodgers woefully short of options in attack.
"I can't keep playing Steven Gerrard and Luis Suarez is our only striker," Rodgers added.
"Jamie Carragher was outstanding, kept going and kept driving. Joe Allen was virtually playing on his own in midfield in the first half with all due respect. I have got to use a game somewhere along the line to rest some of them.
"That is where the club is at. That is the reality. It is not embarrassing but I would have loved to have been able to keep them on the side [against Swansea] and give them that breather, give them that rest because they have been playing continuously.
Henderson and Downing pwned. :rose: