Liverpool forward Dirk Kuyt admitted to being frustrated in the wake of his side's goalless draw with Stoke City at Anfield but insisted that their opponents' defensive outlook was a compliment for the hosts. The ex-Feyenoord man wants to make amends in the Reds' upcoming matches.
Steven Gerrard had his second minute free-kick scratched by matchday official Andre Marriner, who perceived Dirk Kuyt to be in an offside position.
The Dutchman and his colleagues could not force a way past Stoke thereafter, and had to settle for a measly one point bonus.
The manner in which Stoke performed, with emphasis on not conceding rather than scoring, should be taken as a compliment to Liverpool, according to Kuyt, who wants more goals in the Reds' upcoming fixtures.
He told the Liverpool Echo: “I’ve never played in a game like Saturday’s without winning it.
“Sometimes this can happen because you know Stoke are going to defend really well and get men behind the ball but it is disappointing. We did not take our chances.
“They are a strong team and are threatening from set pieces and we managed to cope with that side of their game well, it was just the fact that we did not get the early goal we were looking for that made life difficult for us.
"It is a compliment to us that teams come to Anfield and play this way I suppose but there will be many more teams who come here and play like this and we have to make sure we are really focused and take whatever chances come our way.
"After you score the first goal then things usually become a lot easier because the opposition then has to come out and play.
“But we have to win games that we dominate; it is as simple as that. We lost two points but now we have to look to the next game.
“Sometimes things like this happen, we worked really hard and we dominated the game but we did not score goals. The good thing is we have a couple of games coming up to get this one out of our system."
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