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Alexander-Arnold admits ´it has to be better´ after Liverpool lose again at home

SoccerNews in English Premier League 7 Feb 2021

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Trent Alexander-Arnold accepted Liverpool’s players had let themselves and the fans down after falling to a 4-1 defeat at home to Premier League leaders Manchester City. 

Liverpool were condemned to a third consecutive league loss at Anfield, making the Reds the first reigning champions to suffer such a run in the English top flight since Chelsea back in March 1956. 

Mohamed Salah’s second-half penalty at least ended Liverpool’s league goal drought at 410 minutes, though having drawn level at 1-1 from the spot, the home team fell apart to leave their already slender title hopes in tatters. 

Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson twice made costly mistakes that led to goals for Ilkay Gundogan – his second of the contest – and Raheem Sterling, while Phil Foden slammed in a late fourth to complete the Merseyside rout. 

Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool now sit 10 points behind leaders City, who also have a game in hand, but full-back Alexander-Arnold promised supporters the Reds will improve as they aim to finish the season strongly. 

“We know we’ve let ourselves and the fans down today. No excuses,” the England international wrote in the Twitter post.

“It just has to be better to finish the season strong. We’ll give it everything.”

Liverpool have won just two of their past eight Premier League games – both away in London – but still remain in the top four. 

Klopp takes his squad to third-placed Leicester City next, with captain Jordan Henderson insisting the players must quickly get the heavy loss out of their system as they focus on the rest of the campaign. 

“When you get beat it’s always disappointing, especially in the manner we did in the end,” Henderson told the club’s website. “It’s never nice. 

“It’s hard to take now, but in football you’ve got to move on quickly. We’ve got a full week to get it out of our system, train properly – which we haven’t had for a while. 

“So we need to use it the best we can this week to get prepared for a tough game against Leicester.” 

Liverpool sit on 40 points in the Premier League table, 27 fewer than they had after 23 games in their title-winning season. That is the biggest drop-off by any reigning champion at the same stage of a campaign in English top-flight history.

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