Liverpool defender, Martin Skrtel was eager to pick up positives from the Reds beleaguered 2011/12 campaign, and believed that their paltry points tally in the league owes much to their failure to close out the games.
The Anfield team finished the table on eighth place, level on points with Fulham and behind their city rivals http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Everton-c39043 for the first time in seven years. In total, Liverpool bagged 52 points from their league campaign, which is their lowest tally since 1954.
However, the Slovakian International believed that all was not gloomy for the Reds despite their woeful season in terms of results, and that his side can draw confidence from their performances against the top flight teams.
Liverpool beat the likes of Manchester United, Manchester City and Chelsea in domestic cup competitions. In the early stages of the season, Kenny Dalglish’s side also got the better of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Arsenal-c38429 at the Emirates Stadium and played impressive draws against United
and City.
Skrtel told the club’s official website, “The positives are the games against United, City, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chelsea-c38786 or Arsenal. I think the performances of the team were good in these games.”
Talking about his side’s 1-1 draw against City at Anfield in November, the 27-year old opined that the Reds played better football than the Eastlanders for a good portion of the game, a fact which grows to show that they can take on even the best in the
business. However, he bemoaned Liverpool’s inability close out the games at home against the weaker oppositions.
He continued, “In the games at Anfield, I think we did well and created a lot of chances, but we couldn't take them and didn't get three points.”
Even though the Reds failed to meet their prime target for the season i.e. to qualify for the Champions League football next term, their Carling Cup triumph in February earned them a Europa League berth.
And Skrtel, who was also voted as the http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Liverpool-c39809’s player of the season by the club’s fans, raved about his team’s exceptional performance in the cup competitions. He also revealed that his goal in the league cup final against Cardiff City was the highlight
of his career.
He said, “We won the Carling Cup and got to the final of the FA Cup, so from that point of view it was a good season in the cups - but I think the most important thing is the league and we didn't get enough in it.”
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