Liverpool’s captain was able to celebrate on two fronts, too. The win in Burnley was coupled by the club’s U13s side being victorious at the Virgil’s Legacy Trophy tournament played in the Netherlands across the weekend.
He spoke to Liverpoolfc.com post-match – read the Q&A below…
On another late win showing the champions’ mentality…
Yeah, we tried absolutely everything against a very low block. Fair play to Burnley, they defended well and they kept running and fighting. And we had to find a way. We tried everything and obviously we managed to get the well-deserved penalty and win.
On the belief that Liverpool have that they will find a way…
If you look at our body language, I think we kept pushing. We kept motivating each other and we didn’t get frustrated. Obviously it could be easily a draw and we take the point. But because we kept pushing, we kept going, that obviously helps us getting the penalty towards the end. I’m very pleased with the performance overall, defensively and offensively. And now we recover and be ready for the Champions League.
On having to find a winning goal in the last 10 minutes in every league game so far this season…
Yeah, but that shows the mentality. Obviously no-one wants to find a way only in the last 10 minutes but it’s about repeating the right patterns, keep going and create chances. There were not many clear-cut chances but obviously we didn’t give anything away either, so we have to keep going and keep the belief, and I think we just did that.
