Liverpool star Philippe Coutinho has slammed his side for their poor defending though he did concede that the whole team was to blame following the clubs 4-1 defeat against Tottenham during the weekend.
The loss for the Reds means that they have now fallen to ninth place on the Premier League standings. Dejan Lovren’s defending in particular was poor and he was responsible for the first two goals which Spurs scored. Alberto Moreno and Joe Gomez were also less than impressive on the day.
The defeat also means that Jurgen Klopp’s team have conceded 15 goals from five away games this season and they have the worst goal difference of any team in the top half of the standings.
“They were goals that could have been avoided,” Coutinho told ESPN Brazil as reported by Metro. “Starting from out wide, they ended up being silly goals. The manager said quite a lot about how they would try goals like that and, of course, in defence we have to play a decent game. “
“We were in the game, but the third goal in the first half was a low. It’s not just about the defence, it’s about the whole team, because the first goal started out wide, where everyone is involved in defending, not just the wingers or full-backs. We have to improve this as quickly as possible in order to win games, fight more, in more difficult games like this.
“To concede in the first four minutes, that unsettled the whole team a bit. Then the next one was after 12 or 13 minutes. It’s really difficult against a strong team when you start like that.”
