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Mark Hughes was sacked by Manchester City last December © Getty Images

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Fulham manager Mark Hughes admits his experience at Manchester City has taught him to never take his job for granted.

Both Newcastle and Blackburn have sacked their managers in the last fortnight, despite both clubs sitting comfortably in mid-table in the Premier League.

And Hughes, who was sacked from Eastlands last year with City in sixth, believes no manager is safe from the axe.

"I got sacked when I was sixth," Hughes said. "The logic of football sackings and dismissals seems to have gone out of the game of late, and it doesn't show any signs of changing in that respect.

"I think anybody in a position at a football club could come under pressure, irrespective of how well or how badly you're deemed to be performing."

Hughes' Fulham side travel to Anfield on Saturday, live on ESPN, where they meet former Cottagers boss Roy Hodgson, another manager under pressure after a string of disappointing results.

With just a superior goal difference keeping Fulham out of the bottom three, Hughes will be targeting all three points against Liverpool. And the former Everton striker is hoping the players who played under Hodgson at Craven Cottage will be able to give him an insight into what to expect from the Reds.

"Obviously a number of the players will understand what Roy's teams are about because he likes his teams well-drilled, organised and a lot of the work that I'm sure Liverpool are doing at this moment in time is very similar to what he did for the last two years here," Hughes said.

"A lot of the things they will be aware of in terms of what Roy will try and get from his team and how he will set them up so obviously I've got an insight into that because of the players that he has worked with previously."

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