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The team may have won but there is still much to be concerned about for Brendan's players

The team may have won but there is still much to be concerned about for Brendan’s players

It goes without saying – though most of us admitted it to ourselves, at least – that Liverpool deserved not even a point from the game at Loftus Road today, but we’ll happily take 3 points and a very lucky win all day long.

Seemingly, so would our manager who himself agreed that Liverpool could have had no complaints if we’d come away without so much as a point. Brendan said “I thought we were fortunate, I’ve got to be honest. I like to win and I like to win in the way that we work on a daily basis – and that was nowhere near what I would expect from a team of mine.

“But I have to applaud the players and their character and attitude in the game because even though we weren’t anywhere near the passing and rhythm of our game – and we had missed chances to close the game out – we still kept going.”

He went on, “The players showed remarkable courage to do that. We have gained three points that we’re happy to receive, having been nowhere near how this team has the capacity to play.

“We scored 101 goals last year, but the dynamic of the team has changed. That just takes time, unfortunately there’s no magic wand to make it work instantly. We’ve got a lot of games, with less coaching time and a lot of new players.

“I commend the players again because they’re coming in and working very hard to improve our performance level – and, like we’ve shown over my time here, that will improve. Until that happens, you have to win games and the three points were very important for us.”

With the win over QPR, the team moves to within a few points of 2nd place and on equal points with 4th – a real bonus ahead of the clash against Real Madrid in the week but the very nature of the win was of great concern to many and real improvement is required if Brendan’s team is to compete with the European Champions on Wednesday.

The Liverpool manager concluded, “I know there’s a lot of improvement to make in our team,” he concluded. “The benefit we have is that we’re playing at Anfield with the support and encouragement that we get from the home crowd – it will be fantastic.

“We didn’t play so well today but we won. We’ll learn from it; we’ll analyse the game and study it. But now we’ve got to focus on Real Madrid, who are playing as well as they’ve played for the last five to 10 years, with the threats and quality they have and they are the reigning champions.

“I’m really looking forward to that. I know the players won’t be overly happy with how we played today but I don’t think anyone can question the character and attitude of the team. We’ve got our three points and we’ll look to improve our performance in the next game.”

As fans, we can only hope that Brendan still has the recipe for getting to his side to perform and rolls it out prior to the game on Wednesday evening.

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I'm a 32 year old Liverpool fan, living in the heart of the City Centre. I've supported the club since the day I was born and have been writing articles for L4L for over 3 years, writing close over 350 articles in that time. My favorite player of the past generation is Sami Hyypia.

I am the current editor for L4L, with my day job being in R&D for the NHS.