adminLIVERPOOL. — Liverpool proved they deserved a place among the top four clubs in England despite the 2-1 defeat in the Boxing Day fixture at Manchester City, manager Brendan Rodgers said.City were forced to come from behind to preserve their perfect home record on Thursday and also had cause to be thankful for a controversial disallowed Liverpool goal in the first half.
That decision added a little anger to Rodgers’ disappointment at his team’s failure to come away from Manchester with at least a point but his overwhelming emotion was one of pride.
“I was very proud of the players, I thought they were absolutely outstanding,” he told the club’s website. “They really took the game to a team that is a top, top side full of top European players.
“I think people will go away and look at us as a team that’s hopefully going to be up there challenging,” he added. ur main objective is to set up camp in the top four. That’s what this club has been striving for, for a number of years.
“But we’ve shown consistently over this year that we’re hopefully going to be in with a right good chance of doing that. — Soccernet.
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