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But, end result, we score one and they score two – and indeed another time in extra-time, so it sums up our season again in this game as well.” New Expectations Slot has said before that Champions League qualification is a bare minimum for a club like Liverpool, and despite this result, those expectations remain the same. But there are still eight [Premier League] games to play so we are coming closer and closer to the end and then dropping points in a game where it’s absolutely not necessary if you look at the run of play... it wasn’t that we played so great, I’m not saying that, but if we play this game in this fashion 10 times I don’t think we will lose 10 times.
It’s far from sure that we win every time because therefore we were not good enough. If we don’t want to rely on a deflected shot, we need to do better, we have to play better, but we’ve had enough chances to win the game.
And if you play a bit faster than the few times that we did in the first half, our wingers at least have some time to take their full-back on. I think that happened in the second half better than in the first half, that’s why we also came closer and closer. [We] had more crosses or penetrated more in the box than we did in the first half, but then it’s also finishing off those moments and picking the right player in front of goal when you arrive.
