I think Rodgers has done a good job with Liverpool on the pitch, his comments after the game against us were laughable though.
The Gallas/Suarez penalty claim was never a penalty, Gallas clearly got the ball. To claim otherwise seems ridiculous. The Dembele/Gerrard one is a bit more questionable, you see those given (not a good argument), but more often than not refs allow a bit of physical contact in the box in situations like that. Dembele got the ball, it might have been more of a shove in the back than shoulder on shoulder and it could be given, I've seen several experts agree that it wasn't though.
Rodgers didn't stop at claiming that it was a penalty though, he went as far as saying that it was more of an assault than a tackle. I mean for fudges sake, what is on? It wasn't a bad challenge at all. You want to talk about an assault the way Gerrard went into the back of Dembele leading with an elbow was pretty nasty, we didn't even get a free kick.
I agree that the Dempsey free kick was soft though, I have a feeling Henderson (was it?) clipped his heels when running behind him though, didn't get any good replays, but it seemed like one of those situation.