Benitez: Shock defeat
Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez insists ‘everything was wrong’ in his side’s UEFA Champions League defeat to Marseille.
The French outfit secured a 1-0 win at Anfield courtesy of Mathieu Valbuena’s 77nd minute strike to stun a lacklustre Liverpool.
However, the result was no more than Marseille deserved and Benitez acknowledges that Liverpool were not good enough as they crashed to their first defeat of the season.
“We couldn’t create many chances,” Benitez told Sky Sports. “We were not controlling the middle.
“After we conceded we created some chances at the end, but everything was wrong.
Ability
“You must give them (Marseille) credit because they were working hard, were well organised and were pressing and we were giving the ball away.
“We knew it could be like this with the players they have with pace and ability.
“We were trying to change players and trying to change positions. We were trying, but really the team was playing bad.”
However, Benitez – who made five changes to last weekend’s 1-0 Premier League victory over Wigan – refused to blame his much publicised rotation policy for the defeat.
“No,” said the Spanish tactician when asked whether shuffling his pack had an influence on the result.
“We are talking about big names before and we had some big names, but it’s not a problem. The team was not good enough.”
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Source: www.skysports.com
