The Reds lost 1-0 to Basel in Switzerland and the captain of Liverpool Stephen Gerrard has rebuked his side’s lacklustre in the Uefa Champions League game.
He said his side where not focused on winning the game but rather ‘soft’ in approach and they did not deserve a win.
The Reds were undone in Switzerland by a Marco Streller goal after they failed to clear a set-piece and could not find an equaliser.
Gerrard described Basel as only an “OK
team” and was again left to rue his side’s
fragility from the dead ball.
“We created a good few openings where
you would expect us to go and score but
we didn’t deserve anything out of this
match,” the midfielder told Sky
Sports.
“We were too soft all over the pitch and they wanted it more than us, which is very disappointing. Conceding again from set-pieces isn’t good enough and we need to get it right.
“We were second best at times. Against an OK team, I wouldn’t say we were played off the park or they were fantastic but we made it easy for them.
UCL RESULTS
CSKA Moscow 0 – 1 Bayern Munich
Manchester City 1 – 1 Roma
Paris St. Germain (PSG) 3 – 2 Barcelona
Apoel Nicosia 1 – 1 Ajax
Schalke 1 – 1 Maribor
Sporting 0 – 1 Chelsea
Shakhtar Donetsk 2 – 2 Porto
BATE Borisov 2 – 1 Athletic
Malmo 2 – 0 Olympiakos
Atlético Madrid 1 – 0 Juventus
Basel 1 – 0 Liverpool
Ludogorets Razgrad 1 – 2 Real Madrid
Zenit 0 – 0 AS Monaco
Bayer Leverkusen 3 – 1 Benfica
Arsenal 4 – 1 Galatasaray
Anderlecht 0 – 3 Borussia Dortmund
We wanted something out of this game, at least a draw. We came for the win and I expected us to win and so it’s very disappointing.
“We’ll discuss it and analyse. There were signs against Everton that we were getting back to where we want to
be – we were aggressive without the ball – but we went back to the way we’ve been all season and it’s not good enough.”
Liverpool now face Real Madrid in back-to-back games in the Champions League, on October 22 at Anfield and November 4 at the Santiago Bernabeu.
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