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Daily Mirror
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Mark Jones

Last days of Brendan Rodgers as staff axed and formations mixed up before hospital dash

Everyone remembers how we found out, but how it all reached that point is often forgotten.

Seven years ago this Tuesday - October 4, 2015 - pundits Jamie Carragher, Thierry Henry and Graeme Souness were sitting in the Sky Sports studio at Arsenal's Emirates Stadium, with Henry in particular enjoying the trio's dissection of the hosts' 3-0 win over Manchester United achieved courtesy of a brace from Alexis Sanchez and a Mesut Ozil strike, all within the first 19 minutes of the match.

Then, just as the former Gunners forward was about to launch into more praise for Ozil and midfielder Francis Coquelin, presenter Ed Chamberlin dramatically stepped in to announce the "big breaking news from the Premier League " that Brendan Rodgers and Liverpool had parted ways.

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