Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers slammed his team’s first half
display in their 1-1 draw with FC Basel, a result which saw them get
eliminated from the Champions League, according to Skysports reports.
Despite starting the second half on better terms, they were shortly
reduced to 10 men when Lazar Markovic picked up a red card for swinging
his arm at Behrang Safari.
Rodgers revealed his unhappiness at their display in the first half
after admitting his team was not good enough to compete in the latter
stages of the competition, but did have some praise for their
performance during the second half.
“The expectation was to get through the group and we haven’t done
that,” he said. “It wasn’t good enough over the course of the group, but
we will learn from the experience. We need to be better.
“First half we were very disappointing, our possession and our
position in the game was disappointing. Technically we were way short,
but second half the players were magnificent.
“The players gave everything in the second half,” he added. “The
quality, tempo and speed of the game was better and it looked like they
(Basel) were hanging on by the end.”
Liverpool will now be looking forward to kick start another era has they are been eliminated from Champions League to Europa League, this is chance for them to still prove them self in Europe.
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