Liverpool narrowly missed out on a place in the Capital One Cup final on Tuesday night. The Reds lost 1-0 after conceding early in extra-time. Chelsea progressed through a narrow 2-1 aggregate win. Here are some comments from boss, Brendan Rodgers as he reflects on the game:
“I think we were the better side over the two games, but ultimately you’ve got to get the place in the final.”
“I think the goalkeeper for them has won them the tie really. Performance-wise, we were outstanding. Again tonight, some of our play was very good and we created chances.”
Rodgers said on how the tie was won and lost, and how his players performed:
“There weren’t going to be many chances in the game for both sides, but certainly in the first half we created enough to maybe get a couple of goals.”
“But their ‘keeper has made some very good saves and ultimately, I think, that has won them the tie.”
“I sit here with pride. There’s disappointment we haven’t got through, but Chelsea arrived at the top of the game when they came to Anfield last week and we were outstanding and should’ve won the game.”
Rodgers commented on this game being a learning curve for the squad and how he believes this will benefit them in the long-term:
“Tonight we were very, very good again. The learning for us it to make the next step – you saw a lot of young players out there working and now we’ve got to make the next step and win a trophy.”
“For us to be successful, at times it’s got to hurt as well. In this competition in particular, we’ve started to get our flow in our football back again.”
“And, very importantly for us, how we press the game, and I thought we gave Chelsea a lot of problems. But it wasn’t to be.”
