• Liverpool manager says match with QPR was a secondary issue
• Chris Ramsey describes QPR defender as a ‘man mountain’
• Rebecca Ellison, wife of Rio Ferdinand, dies
• Chris Ramsey describes QPR defender as a ‘man mountain’
• Rebecca Ellison, wife of Rio Ferdinand, dies
Brendan Rodgers described Liverpool’s win over QPR,
and a plane carrying a banner calling for him to be replaced as manager
by Rafael Benítez, as “insignificant” in the context of Rio Ferdinand’s
wife dying from cancer at the age of 34.
Rebecca Ellison died at the Royal Marsden Hospital in London on Friday having recently been diagnosed with breast cancer. She married Ferdinand, the former England and Manchester United captain who now plays for QPR, in 2009 and leaves behind three young children.
Both teams wore black armbands in tribute at Anfield and Chris Ramsey, the visiting manager, described Ferdinand as a “man mountain” for how he has conducted himself throughout his wife’s illness.
The Liverpool manager ended his press conference with a moving tribute to the 36-year-old and his family, saying: “Football was secondary today. Rio Ferdinand has been an incredible player and I heard the news about his wife while driving in today. Planes and everything is insignificant to what Rio and his family are going through. On behalf of everyone at Liverpool Football Club, and in the city, we pass on our condolences to him and his family.”Ramsey admitted the Rangers’ squad had been affected by their team-mate’s loss. “It puts things into perspective,” said the manager of the relegation-threatened club. “There is a very solemn atmosphere in the dressing room for both reasons. The players have run their socks off and come away with nothing and the events of earlier.
“Everyone will tell you that, as a man, Rio has been absolutely fantastic. He has come in and trained, kept it to himself, not been moping and talked to the young players. He has been a man mountain. We only have good things to say about him and the way he has conducted himself. Our thoughts are with him and his family and hope they can pull together and find strength from somewhere at this tragic time.”
Rebecca Ellison died at the Royal Marsden Hospital in London on Friday having recently been diagnosed with breast cancer. She married Ferdinand, the former England and Manchester United captain who now plays for QPR, in 2009 and leaves behind three young children.
Both teams wore black armbands in tribute at Anfield and Chris Ramsey, the visiting manager, described Ferdinand as a “man mountain” for how he has conducted himself throughout his wife’s illness.
The Liverpool manager ended his press conference with a moving tribute to the 36-year-old and his family, saying: “Football was secondary today. Rio Ferdinand has been an incredible player and I heard the news about his wife while driving in today. Planes and everything is insignificant to what Rio and his family are going through. On behalf of everyone at Liverpool Football Club, and in the city, we pass on our condolences to him and his family.”Ramsey admitted the Rangers’ squad had been affected by their team-mate’s loss. “It puts things into perspective,” said the manager of the relegation-threatened club. “There is a very solemn atmosphere in the dressing room for both reasons. The players have run their socks off and come away with nothing and the events of earlier.
“Everyone will tell you that, as a man, Rio has been absolutely fantastic. He has come in and trained, kept it to himself, not been moping and talked to the young players. He has been a man mountain. We only have good things to say about him and the way he has conducted himself. Our thoughts are with him and his family and hope they can pull together and find strength from somewhere at this tragic time.”
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