Roy Not Yet Ready To Accept Defeat

Liverpool clawed themselves
back into a match that we then
let slip away with a 3-2 defeat
against fierce rivals ManU on
Sunday afternoon. Roy Hodgson
believed that we deserved to
come back from two nil down to
make it two all, as we did, but
was disappointed in the way we
conceded goals (even though
one of Dimitar Berbatov's goals
was brilliant), as he explained to
Sky Sports:
'I thought our second-half
performance was good and I
think we deserved to get back in
the game.
'I thought we were a bit unlucky
to go 2-0 down when we did
and, of course, to concede late
on is always tough.
'The three goals were from
crosses - one a corner kick - and
there is disappointment in that,
but otherwise I thought we
made a really good effort in the
second half to bring us back in
the game.'
Fernando Torres was central to
both of our goals, winning the
penalty and free kicks that Stevie
Gerrard scored from on each
occasion, however the Spaniard
was again below his best with
Roy admitting as much but the
Reds Boss does believe that he's
improving after his injury
problems, adding:
'It was a lot better, there's no
doubt about that.
'Fernando is still a player who
needs more games and needs
more time and more training. We
will get a lot of tremendous use
out of him over the course of the
year.
'I think he was a lot better than
the game against Birmingham,
but I don't think he's firing on all
cylinders.
'Having said that, we are playing
against a very good team in
Manchester United who don't
surrender the ball to you that
often.'
It was a frustrating afternoon
wasn't it. In my honest opinion I
didn't think we deserved to lose
and when we came back to level
at 2-2 I expected us to see the
match through and get a point.
This, as it was against ManU to
boot, is a tough one to accept.