“The second one is that physically we are not capable of maintaining the level, because not all the players have the same level of preparation”.
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“We’ve prepared well the players we have but as well you have to consider we have been a bit unlucky”.
“That’s part of it and of course that’s not pleasant but we have shown in the past we have the mental strength to deal with that and bounce back”, he added.
Supporters will desperately hoping that Arsenal up their game in time for Saturday’s trip to the defending champions Leicester, otherwise Wenger will be in serious trouble at this early stage in the season. “Scoring four is wonderful, conceding three is the opposite”, Klopp said.
“I’m convinced that there’s a lot to come from this team and from this group and we have to recover from that blow and prepare for our next game”, he said. “But to have that feeling is normal. experience helps in many things, but always to have a little nerves is good”. Players can get injured, like [Aaron] Ramsey [hamstring] today, or you can give them needed rest and be without many of them. Former striker John Aldridge has implored the manager to find an experienced left-back, who can play as first choice and guide the young Spaniard.
Liverpool, facing three away games to start the season because of building work at Anfield, could have been two goals down at halftime against last season’s runners-up Arsenal.
“A genius shot of Phil. Once they got to 2-1 up, the game changed because they could wait to counter-attack and this is where they damaged us”. I was really happy about having half-time because we could speak about everything. We did try until the end but we lacked a bit of stability.
“Then you look on the watch and see there is still half an hour to go and that is not too good”. We played well, we got a goal, we had opportunities and we missed a penalty, but the reaction was great because we scored two minutes later.
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Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has bemoaned the “Catch-22” situation he was put in by pushing Aaron Ramsey to play in the demoralising defeat against Liverpool on Sunday, Squawka News reports.
