Thursday, September 23, 2010

Hodgson Sorry And Disappointed After Cup Exit

Liverpool boss Roy Hodgson apologised to the
club's fans and admitted
everyone at the club needed to
take responsibility for the defeat.
"I don't think we came anywhere
near what I hoped to see apart
from in the last 15 minutes of
extra-time when we made a
superb effort after going 2-1
down," he said.
"When it goes to penalties and
you are at home and in front of
the Kop your hope is that at least
the players will have the
composure and confidence to
win the penalty shoot-out but we
didn't.
"All I can do is congratulate
Northampton and apologise to
everyone; the fans came
expecting to see us win and I
expected us to win but it wasn't
to be.
"These players have to accept
responsibility. I accept
responsibility for changing a lot
of players in the team, I did it
because I honestly thought the
players I put on the field were
good enough to win the game
and they weren't.
"The obvious conclusion to that
was I shouldn't have changed
that many players but we should
have been strong enough to get
a result.
"We must all take our
responsibility. I am just bitterly
disappointed that the team I had
so much faith in did not repay
that faith this evening with the
exception of one or two
performances."

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