But first of all, he must address how and why Liverpool’s play slumped after Sevilla levelled the match less than 20 seconds into the second half ” and then totally dominated it after that, often pulling Liverpool’s defense apart easily.
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Sevilla scored right after the restart and then again twice more in the following 20 minutes to win a third consecutive Europa League crown.
The meme makers were quite happy to see Liverpool lose to Sevilla in the Europa League Final.
“Their first goal was not really a problem but we lost faith in our style of play”. It was not compact any more. I am not the only one who is going to do that.
“We will have no global tournament next year, we will have time to train”. In a final when it’s close you need a little luck and we didn’t have it.
“It was obviously the first (Sevilla) goal (that changed the game)”.
Last summer, we saw numerous reports indicating that the job security of then Liverpool Manager Brendan Rodgers rested with the performance of then recently signed striker Christian Benteke.
Daniel Sturridge says Liverpool must come to terms with the fact that they didn’t perform well enough to beat Sevilla on Wednesday. “We have to work on it”. They are still young and this was their first big final – unfortunately their second [losing] final of the season, but it was a big final and we will use this experience together. Those who had looked good in the first half like Daniel Sturridge and Adam Lallana disappeared, while others were never present. It was Liverpool who couldn’t cope with the pressure, and Liverpool who couldn’t keep hold of the ball to create opportunities in Sevilla’s defensive half. The thing is that we have to learn from this and get stronger for it.
“I will carry on and I will be in another final – and you’ll tell me I lost the last five finals”.
“It is all about us, all about me”.
The Europa League offered a shortcut to the Champions League – if a competition as meandering as this one can be called a shortcut to anything.
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Sturridge stepped in for Origi to play in front of Coutinho, Roberto Firmino and Adam Lallana and spurned two half-chances before beating David Soria with a delightful shot with the outside of his left boot on 35 minutes.
