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• Danish defender says he was misquoted by the Danish media
• Denies accusing Hodgson of introducing a long-ball game

Daniel Agger has denied criticising the Liverpool manager, Roy Hodgson, saying he was misquoted by the Danish media.

The defender, who was a late substitute in Sunday’s 3-2 defeat by Manchester United at Old Trafford, was quoted as complaining that Hodgson had introduced the long ball game at Liverpool, saying: “That’s not my style.

“That’s not the type of football player I am. I like to keep the ball on the ground. And I’m going to keep doing that. Whether he’ll use me or not, time will tell.”

However, Agger today denied criticising Hodgson, and insisted: “I am happy at Liverpool.”

Agger told Liverpool’s website: “I am very disappointed with the papers in Denmark for the way they have done this story. I spoke to Danish TV after the game on Sunday and answered the questions that were put to me. I didn’t speak to the papers. The problem was the questions never appeared on TV, only the answers did, and then the newspapers put their own questions in. What came out was 100% wrong and that is why I am very disappointed.

“An example is the quote about me not playing long balls. The TV journalist asked me what I needed to do to get back into the team and suggested I should start hitting more long balls. I said I wouldn’t do that because I’m not that kind of player. That’s where that quote came from. I actually think we play good football and that we have showed that against Manchester United and against Arsenal.

“What I don’t understand is that it was only a few days ago when I spoke to the media ahead of the Steaua Bucharest game and I think I said everybody at the club was happier now with the new manager, the new players and the new methods.

“It’s strange to read this just a few days later but that’s the way the media works, especially in Denmark. They don’t have much to write about so they look for every little thing and try to make a big sensation out of it.

“I have been involved in every game this season. Of course I’m disappointed when I’m not in the team, but I have been here for five years and really like it here. I wouldn’t have stayed for this long if I didn’t like it or if I was unhappy. I am still happy and will keep fighting for my place.”

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News that a China-based consortium is bidding for Liverpool Football Club has sparked a frenzy of media interest. This has ranged from predictable headlines such as “You’ll never wok alone” in the Daily Star, Mirror and the Guardian’s Fiver email to Radio 4’s Today programme interviewing members of Liverpool’s Chinese community and persuading one to sing the Kop anthem in Cantonese. But Monkey’s heart sank at the headline on a Tim Collard piece in today’s Daily Telegraph: “Come on Liwupu? Well, it does have a certain ring to it”. Punning headlines are one thing, but Monkey last heard that kind of “joke” on Mind Your Language.

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• Mancini confirms City interest in Liverpool striker
• Di María also on Eastlands shopping list

Roberto Mancini has laid down a marker for what promises to be another summer of huge spending at Manchester City by confirming that he would like to sign Fernando Torres and speaking openly about the club’s chances of