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Liverpool Manager Blames It On Defence

Brendan Rodgers has vowed to tighten up Liverpool’s defence after they blew their tittle chances by drawing at Crystal Palace. 
Rodgers was dismayed by the Reds defending as they conceded three times in the last 11 minutes at Selhurst Park to allow Palace to snatch an unlikely point.

Liverpool’s poor defending has undermined their title bid and they have shipped 49 league goals.

No side have every won the title conceding so many times and Rodgers accepts it is not good enough.

“We gave away the full three points having played so well,”  Rodgers said.

“But if you defend like that, you’re going to concede goals and that was the disappointment.

“We got the three goals and we could have had more, but it’s not good enough, the management of the game in those 12 minutes. And that’s something going forward that we will need to look at, because you can’t do it.

“That’s 99 goals we’ve scored this season, so to come here and be 3-0 up and concede three goals, as a coach, that’s what you have to look at. The players gave everything, as they do. But we just didn’t defend well enough.

“It’s an area that we know we need to be better at. We’ve improved a lot in many aspects of our game and that will be an area I’m sure we’ll look at – and nobody more so than myself.”