Brendan Rodgers sacked by Liverpool after poor start... Twitter's famous faces react to the breaking news coming out of Anfield

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Liverpool avoided defeat in the Merseyside derby on Sunday afternoon, only for manager Brendan Rodgers to be axed hours later.

Just three wins from eight Premier League games left Liverpool six points adrift of pace-setters Manchester City and ultimately cost Rodgers his job.

There was a lot of social media discussion following the sacking on Sunday, including a lot of love for potential replacements Jurgen Klopp and Carlo Ancelotti.

Brendan Rodgers was sacked as Liverpool manager hours after his side drew with Everton on Sunday

Both Klopp and Ancelotti have already been sounded out as the ideal candidates and former Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand agreed.

He wrote: 'It's only Klopp & Ancelotti Liverpool can be going for....need to make a decision quickly (sic)'

Stan Collymore and Don Hutchison also agreed with Ferdinand, claiming on their Twitter that Klopp and Ancelotti were the only two suitable replacements.

Jurgen Klopp (left) and Carlo Ancelotti (right) are the early favourites to grab the vacant manager spot

However Lord Sugar used his 140 characters to hit out at Rodgers after he was fired.

Sugar claimed that they only reason he lasted as long as he did in the Liverpool hot seat was because former striker Luis Suarez did his best to make him look good. 

Meanwhile, Match of the Day presenter Gary Lineker simply wrote: 'Rodgers and out!' 

Here, Sportsmail takes a look at how some of social media's famous faces reacted to the news on Twitter