By OkayGoal
Liverpool head coach Gareth Taylor said that he couldn’t be any prouder of his side despite suffering a 2-1 defeat to Arsenal at Anfield on Sunday afternoon.
Alessia Russo opened the scoring for the visitors before Beata Olsson quickly responded for Liverpool. Russo then netted again and this time, The Reds could not find a way back into the contest.
Speaking to the media after the game, Liverpool boss Taylor gave a positive reaction to his side’s performance.
“It was quite an even game overall, but we needed to be a little bit more aggressive,” Taylor said. “We spoke about it at half-time. We didn’t like the goals we gave away. Nobody ever likes any goals you give away, but we certainly didn’t like those ones.
“I thought we were excellent. I thought we really took the game to them and had chances. We’ve been pretty good all season with our performances, bar a couple of halves here and there against a couple of teams, even losing games. I thought performance-wise, I couldn’t ask for any more from the girls.”
It could have been a different story if Jenna Clark had not had a goal disallowed for offside. Taylor shared his thoughts on the decision.
He said “I saw it once briefly on the monitor. I saw a touch from one of our players and then if it was Beata [Olsson] or Viv [Endemann], I don’t know. I think they were the furthest player away from the closest player to the goalkeeper. I don’t know if there’s another touch beforehand, but I’ve just been told by a staff member that it should have been given, so who knows. I think we can’t really control those things. What we can control is a performance and the performance was positive today.”
It’s a quick turnaround for The Reds as they host Aston Villa at St Helens in the Subway Players Cup on Wednesday night. Taylor commented on how his side will prepare for the latest game in a hectic schedule.
He said “We’ll see how the players recover, but our fitness levels have improved massively. If the players have to go again in midweek and I’m sure a few of them will, they’ll be fine. We’ll take the training to make sure that they’re ready for the games with another quick turnaround after Wednesday night to travel all the way to Brighton.”
Liverpool’s Subway Players Cup fixture against Aston Villa at BrewDog Stadium in St Helens kicks-off at 7pm on Wednesday evening.
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