Lopetgui on Liverpool 5-1 West Ham

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Lopetgui on Liverpool 5-1 West Ham  25/09/2024  Anfield Stadium, Liverpool, UK

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00:00I think that we don't deserve this last score using a match. I think that we have been into

00:25the match in a lot of moments. Even I think that better than them, we start winning the

00:33match after we suffered one goal in offside. That's why I love VAR. The second time that

00:40I have the same problem here without VAR. It was a pity because it was key to go winning

00:48the match or drawing in the half. And in the second half, after one action that maybe can

00:53be a penalty. One ball is very clear for us. Touch the hand, despite the hand is like this,

01:00but the new rule is like this. They don't, we still have a penalty and the next action

01:07we suffer a second goal. And after, I think that we had a very good 20 minutes, having

01:13very clear chances to draw the match. I think that with the third goal and with the Edson

01:26Alvarez red card, it was much more difficult. The last part of the match was very bad for

01:38us. Very bad because the picture is not good and we don't deserve this. You watch the match.

01:44You mentioned the handball shouts. When you look at the final scoreline, it doesn't look

01:48like it matters that much. Of course, in the game, they did matter because they happened

01:52at moments when the team was still in the game. I think there was a Gomez one and a

01:56Sivic one. Did you think they should have voted at the beginning?

02:07I prefer not to talk a lot about the referee because it's very clear for me today. The

02:12decision has been against us and the key decision is one goal offside. But it can happen, it's

02:23not a penalty. The second was a penalty, it can happen. In the end, the most important

02:29thing for us is that when we had chances to score, we didn't do it. We have to improve

02:36in this kind of action too because to win these kind of matches, you have to stay close

02:42to perfection. We defended very well in the first half. The only mistake that we have

02:48made is that in one bad jump, we suffered the goal. They damaged you, you are not working

02:52as a team in the defensive phase. We did very well and after, I think that, above all after

02:59the red card, there have been other matches, different matches. But even with 10 players,

03:04I think that we can have better behaviour until the end because the pitcher is not good

03:09and the rest of the matches, we don't deserve this. But it happened and we have to keep

03:17the good things, to look forward to Brentford, to be ready to compete in the Premier League.

03:21Can I also ask about Carlos Soler who made his first start? Do you think he grew into

03:26the game? I think that Carlos did and Jesse too, they did well, very good match. Creswell,

03:33Vladi, Carlos, Kri, Samuel, he has made a complete match. I think that we had good news.

03:41It's not easy to say this today but above all for our fans, we are very disappointed

03:48because we had here 6,000 fans that travelled with his car. A lot of hours, they are going

03:55to come back now and tomorrow maybe they are going to go to work. For us it's a pity,

04:03very disappointed for them because we would like to give them one win but that's why

04:13we say so sorry for them and be ready to do the best in the next match against Brentford.

04:20It's going to be a very important match for us.

04:24Losing to Chelsea in Liverpool is no disgrace but are you a little bit disappointed by the

04:29quality of the performances at the moment?

04:38I think that today there are two parts. I think that we did very well until 70 minutes

04:47and after the red card there have been other kinds of matches. The last picture is not

04:53good because we lost 5-1, it's true, but it's true that we had good things and I think that

05:07we had to keep the good things in a lot of moments of the match.

05:12How did you pick the players up after this because the response from Saturday was quite

05:18good as you said up until the red card really. How did you keep their spirits up because

05:23the score probably looked worse than it did in the past?

05:27After a match it's not easy to talk a lot but I think it's true to say that they deserve

05:42more today, to keep good things, to be positive despite we have this kind of day, looking

05:51forward at Brentford and telling them that we are able to do better and we are able to

05:58win the next match. Because I repeat, today I have to see the match again but my feeling

06:05was on the bench that we did well, very well until 70 minutes. We were very close to draw

06:15and even we don't deserve to stay losing the match in this moment but it happened.

06:20If you don't take advantage of your opportunity in these kind of matches, these kind of things

06:24they kill you, it's normal.

06:38I have one little injury in my calf.

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