Excerpt from Daily Mail journalist Neil Ashton after Basel failure:
Basel scored here at Anfield because you always knew that they were going to score. Liverpool conceded in all six group games: ‘We just weren’t good enough,’ admitted Brendan Rodgers.
In the aftermath, their gutsy second half performance is worth recording, but the brutal truth is that this team was pretty much done when Fabian Frei scored a beaut in the 25th minute.
Rodgers admitted it was time to go back to basic when they conceded three at Crystal Palace on November 23. After this it is very much back to the beginning.
Simon Mignolet? Timid. Glen Johnson? Wasteful. Martin Srktel? Chaotic. Dejan Lovren? Apprehensive. Jose Enrique? Forget it.
If this is what £64million gets you these days then let’s hope Liverpool have kept the receipt. They are damaged, possibly beyond repair.
Where is the guidance? Who is marking who? Who is the leader in that back line? No-one can really say for sure.
How much longer can this go on?
Last edited by Top4; 10/12/14 07:36 AM.
