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The last time Liverpool won the league, a certain Ian Rush was still part of the team.

24 years on the 52-year-old is watching the Reds' brilliant season with glee.

The Welshman was in Dublin today and told our own Joe Molloy that he really began to believe in Liverpool's title chances about two months ago and is happy to see goals coming from all of the team.

And he has got to know manager Brendan Rodgers well since he jumped into the hotseat.

"Yeah, I know Brendan well. I speak to him quite a bit and he's a down-to-earth person who knows a lot about football," he said, before touching on the precarious nature of management.

"In Brendan's first season people were asking questions about him. But he was given time and that's why I think Moyes should have had time. We're getting our rewards from that now. He's always tried to play from the back. At Swansea, you could get away with making mistakes but at Liverpool you couldn't do that. But he hasn't changed his tactics. He could have easily gone defensive but he hasn't done that and he believes in what's he's doing. And he's getting his rewards now because we're playing good football." 

Rush also spoke about the excitement in the city of Liverpool as both the Reds and Everton are playing well, while he looked ahead to the nuances of the upcoming Chelsea match.

Knowing a thing or two about putting the ball in the back of the net, Rush gave his take on the prolific partnership between Luis Suarez and Daniel Sturridge. He also explained what it was like to play alongside Kenny Dalglish in a similarly fruitful strike pairing.

Rush also spoke about his expectations for former Wales colleague Ryan Giggs as he steps in for David Moyes and why he thinks Man United's decline will not be acute.