ReactionTrent Alexander-Arnold's verdict on Reds' defeat by Leeds
Trent Alexander-Arnold rued Liverpool's performance and missed opportunities in the 2-1 defeat by Leeds United on Saturday night.
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Crysencio Summerville's 89th-minute strike saw the visitors leave Anfield with three points in hand.
Leeds had taken the lead in the Premier League contest after four minutes through Rodrigo Moreno, before Mohamed Salah delivered a quick response to make it 1-1.
After the game, Alexander-Arnold spoke to Liverpoolfc.com – read on for his reaction...
On his verdict of the game...
It's difficult to take. You never want to lose at home – something we pride ourselves on. For us, we want to win as many games as we can. It's a disappointing result. We created enough chances to go and win that game but in football you get punished for not taking your chances. We've been punished.
On creating chances but not turning them into goals...
It's just one of those things. I think we are not in the greatest run of form – I think a lot of players would say that about themselves and as a team in general. But we're still creating our chances, we're still creating opportunities to score goals and win games. But we just haven't been able to take them, especially [in the] last two Premier League games. I think it's important for us to regroup, assess what's going wrong. I think right now, it's kind of, 'Pick up as many points as you can now going into this break.' And potentially this break will come at a decent time for us to reset and be able to get our heads straight to go into the second half of the season.
On the team's belief...
I'd say we all believe in ourselves, we believe in the way we play, we believe in the squad and what we can achieve. But I think when you do get setbacks, it can potentially make you second-guess yourself and question things. Clearly as a team something's not going right, it's not going as well as we want it to go. That's something for everyone to think about, that's something for everyone to address and make sure we put it right, especially next week against Spurs, top-four rivals. We kind of need to go there and get some points if we've got any chance of reaching our aims and aspirations for the season.
