Rafa Benitez expressed his disappointment after the 2-1 defeat at Tottenham Hotspur saying that he cannot believe Liverpool lost the game at White Hart Lane.
The Reds dominated large period of the game and after taking an early lead through Dirk Kuyt, were denied by the woodwork twice with skipper Steven Gerrard unlucky on both occasions plus there were other chances that went begging, while Spurs got the equaliser in the second half through Jamie Carragher own-goal and substitute Roman Pavlyuchenko scored the winner for Harry Redknapp's side in the closing stages.
It was the first defeat of the season for the Reds, who now are displaced to second place in the Premiership table with Chelsea at the top due to better goal-difference.
"I can't believe we have lost this game," Reds boss Benitez is quoted as saying on the club’s official website.
"After playing well in the first half we started the second half with four clear chances. We hit the bar and Kuyt and Alonso had great chances that we didn't take.
"Always it's important to create chances but you have to score from them. We were going forward, controlling the game and were dominant.
"I am really disappointed but it was really bad luck because everybody could see we were better than them.
"We were talking on the bench saying we have to score the second goal to finish the match off. I made some changes and thought the pace of Babel could make a difference, but to concede the two goals is something that is difficult to explain.
"As a team we were really good but we need to take our chances. That makes the difference in a game like this.
"Everybody was really disappointed in the dressing room because we know we had the game in our hands, but sometimes in football you need luck. It was a game we easily could have won 4-0."
The Reds dominated large period of the game and after taking an early lead through Dirk Kuyt, were denied by the woodwork twice with skipper Steven Gerrard unlucky on both occasions plus there were other chances that went begging, while Spurs got the equaliser in the second half through Jamie Carragher own-goal and substitute Roman Pavlyuchenko scored the winner for Harry Redknapp's side in the closing stages.
It was the first defeat of the season for the Reds, who now are displaced to second place in the Premiership table with Chelsea at the top due to better goal-difference.
"I can't believe we have lost this game," Reds boss Benitez is quoted as saying on the club’s official website.
"After playing well in the first half we started the second half with four clear chances. We hit the bar and Kuyt and Alonso had great chances that we didn't take.
"Always it's important to create chances but you have to score from them. We were going forward, controlling the game and were dominant.
"I am really disappointed but it was really bad luck because everybody could see we were better than them.
"We were talking on the bench saying we have to score the second goal to finish the match off. I made some changes and thought the pace of Babel could make a difference, but to concede the two goals is something that is difficult to explain.
"As a team we were really good but we need to take our chances. That makes the difference in a game like this.
"Everybody was really disappointed in the dressing room because we know we had the game in our hands, but sometimes in football you need luck. It was a game we easily could have won 4-0."
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