Liverpool boss - Brendan Rodgers |
"walk straight into" the team when he is fit.
Gerrard, who may be back for Sunday's FA Cup quarter final against Blackburn, has missed the last six matches with a
hamstring injury.
Liverpool have won five of those games, losing only once which came in the Europa League defeat on penalties to Besiktas.
"There is no one in the squad who has a God-given right to walkstraight into the team," said Rodgers.
"I have shown in my time here that players who are performing
well, irrespective of price or status, they play - simple as that.
"Steven is very much a team man and if he was on the bench
because the team was in good form and playing well, I think
everyone respects that."
The absence of Gerrard who is leaving Anfield at the end of the season to join Los Angeles Galaxy has coincided with the team's best run of form all season, with Rodgers's men unbeaten in the
league in 2015.
Jordan Henderson has five goals in all competitions while Gerrard has 10.
Jordan Henderson has captained the side since Gerrard's injury
and has been in fine form, scoring in the two wins in the past week over Burnley and Manchester City.
His sort of goals, powerful, long-range efforts - has led to comparisons with Steven Gerrard, but Rodgers is keen to play down such talk.
"Jordan is a young guy who is a wonderful talent but he is a different type of player," said the Reds manager.
"Just because he takes a corner and Steven Gerrard takes a
corner, or because he shoots from outside the box and so does
Steven, it doesn't mean he is the new Steven Gerrard.
"He is Jordan Henderson and he is creating his own career and headlines."
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