Liverpool are not learning their “lessons” and they were fortunate to come away with a point against Newcastle United at Anfield on Saturday.
This is the opinion of Reds defender Andy Roberton. The hosts had over 20 shots against Steve Bruce’s side.
Despite this, they only had a one-goal lead going into the final stages. Their goal came in the third minute via a piece of individual quality from Mo Salah.
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Liverpool were left to rue their missed chances as Joe Willock netted a stoppage-time equaliser for Newcastle. This came moments after the Magpies had a goal chalked off by VAR.
As cited by The Daily Mail, Roberton said after the game that they are unable to see out results at the moment:
“It pretty much sums up our season. We don’t learn our lessons, we keep on doing the same thing making the same mistakes.
“Newcastle deserved their goal, the two of them, I think that rule is ridiculous.
“We could be sitting here with a defeat, which is baffling with the amount of chances we had, the first half and even second half and the control.
“What we were based on was that we were so good at seeing out results and we can’t do that just now. It’s as simple as that.
“Teams always have a chance against us, they always build in confidence the last 10 minutes and believe they can get something. That’s not like us.
“We can’t keep on coming out and speaking a good game, we’re not doing it on the pitch and games are running out.”
JOE WILLOCK WITH THE LAST KICK OF THE GAME!!
Off the bench to grab a massive goal, and a massive point in the fight against relegation for Newcastle
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“Liverpool is a Champions League team. We got to the quarters-finals this year – and we are still disappointed with that – and two finals in the space of four years.
“We also won the Premier League comfortably last year, so to not have Champions League football next year would deflate the whole club, of course it would.
“This club is based on fighting to the end and that’s what we need to do.
“Even if we win the next five games it might still not be enough but we need to put that pressure on the teams.
“There have just been too many games this season where we’ve dropped too many points. Against the bottom six, if you’ve only picked five points up at home then unfortunately you are going to fall short of your target.”
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