“They are important players in our squad and that is how we use them”.
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“We didn’t think about the age”.
Seeing as Argyle managed to send almost 9,000 members of its notoriously good following to Merseyside on Sunday, it can be assumed that for the replay, Home Park will be packed to the rafters by the ever-passionate Green Army, and its roaring support could prove pivotal for the Devon side. “We had 13 players and they all deserve a huge amount of credit”.
“We defended deep, in numbers, we allowed Liverpool to have the ball”.
“They have to do more”, McManaman said, per the Plymouth Herald.
The German tactician opted to show his faith in several youngsters, and while they all put in decent displays, there was no bit of magic to unlock the visitors which in turn resulted in a bitterly disappointing and frustrating afternoon on Merseyside.
Unsurprisingly, Can was not happy with the pest on Plymouth’s side and appealed for referees to be on the lookout for the unsporting tactics.
Their failure to score means that they will now have to travel down to a Plymouth side who joined Manchester United in preventing Liverpool from scoring at Anfield this season.
Skipper Grant Leadbitter struck for the second time in three games as 10-man Middlesbrough eased past Sheffield Wednesday 3-0 and into the fourth round.
“They’re a Premier League club, with worldwide players, multi-million pound players, and had enough to beat Plymouth out there on the pitch”. This team could have played much better.
“We doubled up down the side”.
“The name of the game was to stay in the match and overall we’re delighted to get them back to Plymouth”.
“This was about a team performance”.
When Plymouth Argyle manager Derek Adams told his defenders to get inside the heads of Liverpool players during set pieces, Sonny Bradley took it literally. “There won’t be as luxurious dressing room as there are here – and they are Portakabins here at the moment!” “We are in a Portakabin”.
“It was hard; first half we lost patience, cross at wrong moments, not cross at wrong moment…”
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Despite the shuffle, their conquering of the ball was impressive even though it was aided in part by the visitors, who displayed zero attacking ambition and were exclusively intent on nullifying Liverpool’s.
