Liverpool were 2-0 up at the time but crumbled with Adam Johnson’s free-kick halving the deficit before Jermain Defoe slammed home a last-gasp equaliser, reports the Liverpool Echo.
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Liverpool first team coach Pepijn Lijnders feels their draw with Sunderland is not a proper representation of the match.
Jordan Henderson insists Liverpool can not use the Anfield walkout as an excuse for their capitulation against Sunderland.
Some of those fans who remained in their seats blamed those who left for affecting the performance, but Henderson said that was not the case. “I don’t think anything else will bother us”, Henderson told British media when asked if the mood around Anfield affected the players. We didn’t play that well at Liverpool, maybe because Jan felt the pace a little bit.
“We created far more chances against Manchester City than we did [against Liverpool] but today we showed the kind of finishing I was looking for”.
Adam Lallana pulled no punches in his appraisal of #LFC’s draw with Sunderlandhttps://t.co/45DOXGWQzipic.twitter.com/Bb7dXjWzmD – Liverpool FC (@LFC) February 7, 20161 point from Liverpool Good reaction in the last 10 minutes! “In the last 10 minutes we dropped off too much and let them play longer balls”.
The Black Cats scored two goals in the final 10 minutes after trailing 2-0.
“From our point of view it is not good but for most of the game you have to take the positives as well”.
“You have got to see it out”.
It is simple – we must keep working as hard as we have been working or even harder.
“We have got goals in us, we are playing better football and we have a manager that has never been relegated from the Premier League”.
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“When you get players coming to a Premier League club in our position and you’ve got a big smile on your face, hopefully it has an effect on the other lads”.
