ReactionGareth Taylor assesses Liverpool's defeat by Aston Villa in WSL
Gareth Taylor expressed his disappointment with Liverpool FC Women’s performance in defeat at Aston Villa.
The Reds lost 3-0 at Villa Park in the Barclays Women’s Super League on Thursday night. Rachel Daly put the hosts ahead inside the opening minute, with Kirsty Hanson adding a second before the break and Daly notching again in the closing stages.
Taylor’s team remain at the foot of the table and two points behind their next opponents, second-bottom West Ham United, who they visit on Sunday (11.55am GMT kick-off).
Post-match, head coach Taylor spoke to Sky Sports. Read a summary of his reaction below.
On the game…
I didn’t think we were at it at all. I think we have been more recently. I think when you look at the Chelsea game, even Arsenal and Brighton before that, we talk about sprinting, reacting. There was none of that tonight. The first half was really, really poor. The second half was marginally better but you can’t just do that at this level in the WSL. The minimum is you have to do those things.
On what went wrong for his side…
Not sure. We gave away a really poor goal right at the start of the game which is not ideal but like, so what? Show some personality, show some reaction, show some energy and some competing in the challenges, and we didn’t. We made it really easy for Villa. When we did step up in the second half, we had a portion of the game where we had some moments, but by that time the game was away from us. I think that’s the really disappointing thing.
On Sunday’s clash with West Ham...
It does [feel important]. I’ve not said anything here that I haven’t said to the players. We have to go and show a reaction because if we don’t, we know that West Ham have players that can capitalise on that, and they will. We have to make sure we get fight, we get reaction, we get good body language, because if we don’t get that… that’s always going to be a real struggle for us because Liverpool can’t win games when we play like that.