Liverpool midfielder http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Jay-Spearing-c18106 acknowledges that the 3-0 loss to Premier League rivals Manchester City was the Reds’ “own fault”
Manchester City went right back to the top of the Barclays Premier League with a 3-0 demolition of Liverpool at the Etihad Stadium and Jay Spearing believes that it was the away side’s own performance that let them down.
The Reds went down early on in the first half after http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Liverpool-c39809 keeper.
That was before Yaya Toure compounded the misery for the away side placing his header past the keeper and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/James-Milner-c17706 finished things off late into the second half with a well taken penalty.
“The goals we conceded were our own fault and we could have done better to prevent them,” admitted the Liverpool number 20, who has found himself a regular feature in the starting XI following the injury to http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Lucas-c22528.
“I thought as a team we did quite well overall. We used the ball well at times and just some lapses in concentration cost us the game.”
He went on to explain how it was the little things that decide games like these and that the needed to take their chances if they wanted to come away with a win.
“Sometimes it is the small details which can cost you in these games. When it was still 0-0 http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Joe-Hart-c18699 made a great save.”
However, the midfielder who is making a name for himself for being an uncompromising tackler in the centre of the park also acknowledged that the side have learnt their lessons and would be better prepared to face off against the well financed City side in the two legs of the Carling Cup semi-finals.
It is the first time Liverpool reached the semi-finals stage since the reign of former manager, Rafael Benitez, and all eyes will be on the Reds to see if they can stop the Manchester City machine in their tracks.
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