adminStoke at the Britannia Stadium on Wednesday night as Jonathan Walters scored twice either side of Kenwyne Jones’ effort to overturn Steven Gerrard’s early penalty — awarded for a foul on Luis Suarez — for the visitors.
Stoke’s unbeaten run is now extended to nine games — their best ever in the English Premier League while Liverpool suffered more inconsistency by failing to build on Saturday’s 4-0 win over Fulham. “We conceded soft goals after a great start, a bit of magic by Luis earned us our first penalty of the season,” said Rodgers.
“We were 1-0 up at a place where it’s difficult to score goals. We needed to gain the initiative. But as it was it was always going to be an uphill task.
“Our inconsistency is the biggest thing, we were terrific against Fulham.
“But you have to put a run together, otherwise you’re taking two steps forward and one back. You have to earn the right to play, especially at Stoke, you know you’ll get pressed. We have to find it otherwise we’ll never progress, but this was just too easy.”
Suarez was booed when the announcer at the Britannia Stadium read out his name before the game as the home faithful did not forget the dive that the Uruguayan pulled off at Anfield in the October meeting of these two. While Suarez did not get anything for that then, Stoke manager Tony Pulis was livid he was not punished but it was hard to argue against Howard Webb’s decision to hand Liverpool a penalty in the second minute of this clash. — AFP.
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