Liverpool legend John Aldridge has slammed Brendan Rodgers' selection for their humiliating 6-1 final day defeat at Stoke City.

Aldridge wrote in the Sunday World: "What on earth was Rodgers doing with his team selection at a venue where everyone knows you need strong men, battlers who are willing to give their all to a cause? Why did he pick a lightweight team that was predictably torn apart?

"I don't have answers to those questions, but the memories of that disastrous result at Stoke will take a long time to fade.

"Brendan went into the game without a natural striker and tried to play Philippe Coutinho in a false No.9 role. At least I think that is what he was trying to do, but whatever it was, it turned out to be a disaster.

"I was sat with Ronnie Whelan and John Wark at Dublin airport last Sunday when the Liverpool team was confirmed for the Stoke game and we all struggled to work out what the manager was up to.

"The end result was a bloody disaster. To be 5-0 down at half-time was a disgrace and the Liverpool fans who travelled in their numbers to the Britannia Stadium to see Steven Gerrard's last game had every right to be angry."