Hodgson Expects Liverpool To Roar Back

Liverpool FC boss Roy Hodgson
has insisted the club will "live
through a bad moment" as he
seeks to lift morale after their
embarrassing Carling Cup exit to
Northampton Town.
An understrength side lost on
penalties to League Two outfit
Northampton on Wednesday.
With Liverpool's difficult start to
the Barclays Premier League
leaving them 16th, although only
three points adrift of fourth, the
scrutiny on the Reds and their
manager has intensified.
"I've had many disappointments.
You can't work at 35 years at the
level I have without having
disappointments," he said. "Any
criticism which comes my way
and the team's we have to accept
because it is not acceptable to
have a home game in the Carling
Cup against a team several
divisions below you and not
come out with a victory."
He added: "Wednesday was a
really bad result for the club, it
has knocked us backwards, and
has put us in a situation where
we are heavily criticised -
perhaps rightly so."
Hodgson was given a difficult
time at his pre-match press
conference ahead of Saturday's
home league game against
Sunderland.
But he stressed the situation at
Anfield was not as bad as was
being portrayed.
"Everyone predicted the start of
the season was going to be
difficult looking at our
programme, players leaving and
coming in and discussions about
the future of the club," added the
62-year-old.
"That is how it's proved to be.
We've had some good moments -
with five straight Europa League
victories - but also some bad
ones, like the (3-0) defeat at
Manchester City and the one in
the Carling Cup.
"It's been pretty much a mixed
bag but we'll live through the
bad moments and over the
course of the season we'll do
well.
"We are reading an awful lot into
a bad result. If we'd had a
positive result on Wednesday this
would have been quite a positive
press conference as people
would have been talking about
Manchester United (last
weekend), how well we did in
the second half, but all of that
flies out of the window."