The Liverpool striker feels the home side should have won by a comfortable margin last weekend in the Barclays Premier League.
Liverpool’s hopes of returning to the UEFA Champions League were dealt a huge blow last weekend when they suffered their first home defeat of the season against Arsenal last weekend.
The home side had the lion’s share of possession and created more chances on the night but their failure to convert them into goals as well as an inspired performance by the http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Arsenal-c38429 goalkeeper meant that they could not come away with all three points.
In fact, the home side could not even manage a point as http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Robin-van-Persie-c31380 scored two goals at the end of each of the two halves in the match to seal crucial win for Arsenal.
The win gave the Gunners a huge boost in their quest to qualify for Europe next season and sent them ten points clear of Liverpool in the Barclays Premier League.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Everton-c13019, and is by no means a walk in the park, despite the close proximity of the two stadiums.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Dirk-Kuyt-c11348, could have given Liverpool a deserved lead as he shouldered the responsibility to take the penalty kick in Steven Gerrard’s absence. However, the Dutch forward’s effort was saved by the Arsenal goalkeeper who showed great awareness and catlike
reflexes to keep the rebound out as well.
Kuyt was unfortunate on another occasion as well when he managed to deflect the ball towards goal only to see it rebound off the post and away from goal following a fluid Liverpool move.
Commenting on the match the Liverpool utility forward said, “It’s very disappointing. I thought the team played really well. We should have scored at least three goals.”
“I enjoyed linking up with Luis Suarez and we created enough chances but we need to kill those chances. To lose was just unbelievable. Without van Persie they are a completely different team.”
Kuyt also took a moment to reflect on his penalty kick. He said, “I had a feeling I didn’t hit the penalty as properly as I normally do but that’s football – sometimes you score goals, sometimes you miss penalties.”
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