http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Liverpool-c39809 manager Kenny Dalglish has conceded that his side needs to be more clinical in front of goal if they want to finish in the top four this season.
Liverpool and Manchester City are the only two Barclays Premier League sides who can boast an unbeaten home record this season after City humbled the Reds at the Etihad Stadium.
The away side went down three goals to nil in an eventful and entertaining encounter, yet the Reds’ manager believes that the final sore paints a misleading image of the match itself.
“I’m not sure the scoreline reflects the way the game went.” He explained in his post match press conference, “I’m not saying we deserved to win, but I think the lesion we’ve learnt from tonight is that if we’re not clinical we’re going to suffer.”
The away side had a brilliant opportunity to go into the lead early on after http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Stewart-Downing-c34221 free. The Liverpool winger continued his frustrating run of form by placing his shot too close to the Manchester City
goal keeper as http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Joe-Hart-c18699 made a critical save.
“We had a good opportunity to open the scoring, but then we lost the first goal when we’d had possession with a throw in.”
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/David-Silva-c10601 corner to nod the
ball home for the home side’s second goal.
“The second goal was from a corner and we had a warning just seconds before it (when Reina saved Vincent Kompany’s header).
Dalglish acknowledged that the third goal was also a poor one to concede after Yaya Toure managed to win a penalty when City were a man down. However, the Liverpool manager also admitted that it was a tough defeat to take yet they would learn their lessons
and move on.
“It’s a harsh lesson, but it’ll be even harsher if we don’t learn from it.”
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