Silva livid after Fulham throw away lead to lose 4-3 at Liverpool

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00:00 Peter, would you like to start us please?

00:22 Good afternoon all. Yes, I think it's a little resumed from the game but it's what's happened.

00:36 I think we clearly deserve much more from the game than what we take. That is the first

00:41 thing. To come to Anfield and to play the way we did it. And twice back in score to

00:48 be able to equalise twice and in the middle of the second half to be able to score a great

00:54 team goal and to be leading the score is not an easy thing and we did it. This afternoon

01:02 the way they scored the goals, the first two goals from a free kick and that great goal

01:08 from McAllister of course is not easy to do something against this type of situation.

01:12 Of course the second should control that ball and stay with the ball but it's not something

01:17 that happens often, this type of goals, because they didn't create many. That is true. Apart

01:22 from the two goals in the first half, much more control from themselves of course. We

01:27 plan to not give many space behind for them to not explore behind our back line and we

01:32 didn't give and that is true and they didn't create many. Two goals from long distance,

01:37 I don't remember one big chance from them in the first half. Second half, the game started

01:42 more or less in the same way. They had a big chance, it's true, from a counter-attack with

01:47 Salah and Darwin, that cross-bar ball. Apart from that, nothing more and we knew that after

01:52 with the changes and all that stuff, the game is going to be more open for us to create

01:56 more chances and to try to score the third goal and we did it in a good style. I have

02:00 to say our third goal is a very good goal from ourselves.

02:04 And when, okay, we know that the game is not ever 100% under control against this type

02:09 of size and this type of crowds, all that stuff, in one moment they can make something

02:14 but the game was more or less under control. One long ball, good second ball from them

02:18 and another great finishing from the edge of the box. Of course in that moment I knew

02:24 it was the end of the match, I wanted to make a change quick to calm down the game again

02:27 and to calm a bit more the crowd and in that moment a mistake from us and they scored the

02:33 fourth goal. Clearly the players, they didn't deserve what they take from the game. Many,

02:38 many positives from them. The boys, they have to be proud of what they did and fortunate

02:43 for us. We didn't take what we deserved but in this way we are going to get the points

02:49 in the next few games.

02:50 You must be pleased with the reaction of the players, as you said they came from behind

02:51 twice here, the reaction against Wolves as well, last week with six goals and a win from

02:52 them.

02:53 Yes, definitely. We are going, of course we need good results to be much more confident.

03:07 I think what we have shown this afternoon after the good win last Monday, show that

03:14 we are going in the right direction. Of course we need points, the players need points because

03:19 at the end good performance, good games and this afternoon was a great Premier League

03:23 match. It is good, show our quality as a team but of course we need points more for them

03:32 to lift their confidence to be more able to keep doing the right things.

03:37 But yes, it's true, we scored, in six days we scored six goals, of course we considered

03:42 as well that is something that we have to be able to not happen but this afternoon these

03:47 great goals in some moments wasn't easy to control. But yes, it's true, many positives

03:52 that we take, very good reaction, losing football matches and being able to always react shows

03:58 the personality of the team and we did show this afternoon.

04:02 Can you account for the way the game ends? Is it just because Liverpool are out, they

04:09 find another level up? Is that something you can talk to the players and say this is what

04:15 we did wrong?

04:16 Definitely, I saw the images of course. As I said, even the second goal of course, something

04:22 that McAllister if he tries more under time, if he stays there two hours it's not going

04:27 to happen probably in under time again. But this is football, it's quality football players,

04:32 world class football players. But of course even the second goal is something for us to

04:37 analyse and talk with them and the third and the fourth in my opinion are clear. Adjust

04:42 some positions, be able to prepare better the second balls. We know that they were not

04:47 able to find spaces and these long balls we came more direct game for the second balls

04:52 and they did it. Of course it's something there for us to analyse, we're 100% sure

04:55 and to try to improve for the next games.

04:57 We're still so close when playing these big teams, some of the big teams that haven't

05:03 quite got that result yet, or have been against them for big teams. What is the difference

05:07 in that? Is it just the fact that they can't stick the ball in the top corner of the 30

05:10 yards at the moment?

05:11 No, it's not just, OK, we cannot go in this direction. Of course it's always a learning

05:15 process and I'm not going to say to you, OK, just because they score amazing goals.

05:20 That is true but OK, we have to do our job, we have to prevent this type of situation.

05:24 It's not just because they are Liverpool. Of course in that moment when they equalised

05:30 the game, the moment that they don't deserve and we deserve much more, I knew that there

05:36 was coming a strong reaction from them. From that moment I called Tocin to make a straight

05:41 substitution to calm down the game and even the crowd and all that stuff. The game didn't

05:46 stop during that minute and a half and of course they scored but of course it's a moment

05:49 that you have to show the emotional control to be able to control that situation. It was

05:54 a ball in the corner, we should have pressed from the back, not try to tackle that player

05:58 but we lost that challenge and of course our team was much more open. It's that type of

06:03 thing that has to make us grow because it's clear that situation should have been better.

06:11 Thank you.

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