The Reds boss had denied a report that an internal meeting following the 4-1 defeat to Arsenal had descended into crisis talks and his players responded on the pitch by booking their spot in the FA Cup semi-finals at Wembley with a hard-fought 1-0 replay victory over Blackburn.
Philippe Coutinho's brilliant finish into the far corner with 20 minutes to spare was the difference between the two sides and Rodgers attributed the improved performance to Sunday's gathering with his squad.
"There was a lot made of that," he said. "I'm a coach who speaks openly to players. Part of the coaching philosophy for me is about reviewing and reflecting performance
"It's something that we've done all year when we were winning games. That provides us the lever to move forward - how can we be better, how can we improve?
"Because we lost a couple of games, there's a lot been made of that meeting but that review was very, very important in how we want to work. If you don't review and analyse your performance how can you get better?"
The stakes at Ewood Park were high for the Reds, who had fallen behind the Barclays Premier League's top four following successive defeats, but their manager quashed suggestions their entire campaign had hinged on this result.
"I'd seen all of this about saving our season, it wasn't about saving our season," he added.
"We want to compete at the top end of the league and want to win a trophy this year - that's been clear.
"For us, we just needed to stay calm in the game and focus back on our performances. Our two performances against Arsenal and Manchester United weren't to the standards we'd set for three months."
Rodgers reserved special praise for his captain Jordan Henderson, who produced the assist for Coutinho's winner just hours after his wife gave birth to their second daughter.
The Liverpool boss revealed Henderson told him there was no chance he was missing the fixture once the baby had arrived.
Rodgers explained: "His wife had a second child during the night so he had to go away, hadn't slept so much, travelled all the way back again and put in the performance he did tonight. It was a real captain's performance.
"He said to me, 'Boss, as soon as the baby's out, I'll be coming back'."
