Postecoglou eyeing Europa League success after 5-1 liverpool hammering
27/04/2025
Anfield, Liverpool, UK
27/04/2025
Anfield, Liverpool, UK
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00:00Can you just get involved with this as well?
00:04Yeah, a credit to Liverpool.
00:08We're the champions and they've been an outstanding team all year.
00:12Consistent. And again today,
00:16I thought we
00:20started the game well and sort of made things difficult for them.
00:24Apart from the goal, I just thought in general we sort of
00:28decent territory but once they got in front with the atmosphere
00:32in the stadium, it was going to be difficult for us to call them back and that's how it proved.
00:36How much of a concern is there, Ange, that you
00:40seem able to produce these performances against Frankfurt?
00:44It's really impressive. You made changes in the league,
00:46but it looks like the team just isn't able to compete in the same way.
00:50It's not easy on the players.
00:52If you look at Liverpool's line-up, you can almost pick it
00:56and on a weekly basis I have made a lot of changes.
01:00But I just felt they've been necessary.
01:02There's been a lot of our players who've missed a lot
01:04this season with injuries and
01:06it wasn't just about bringing them back but managing their
01:08minutes because obviously we want them ready.
01:10So guys like Mickey
01:12and Romero today could have played
01:14but they've missed so much of the season that
01:16we've just got to be really careful about
01:18when we use them. Guys like Pedro,
01:20Benton Corp, obviously played a lot this year.
01:24So yeah, it's been a juggling act for sure
01:26and that hasn't helped the team, hasn't helped the players
01:28and when you're facing the best, you pay that price.
01:30Did you come through with a thing that helped?
01:34Yeah, no, everyone's got the ones who played
01:38all got through it okay and
01:40yeah, so in terms of Thursday,
01:42everyone should be fine.
01:44No, I don't think so.
01:50I think they're well aware of it
01:52and like I said, we had some key players
01:54missing today who I think
01:56will come in and sort of make sure
01:58that there is any sort of
02:00any hangover from today.
02:02Look, we knew the challenge today
02:04was going to be a big one, especially like I said.
02:06We had a really young midfield
02:08with Lucas and Archie
02:10and you're asking a massive task of them
02:12and so, you know, change three of the back four,
02:16all these kind of things,
02:18logically tell you it's going to be a tough day
02:20but when you're facing the best team
02:22on such a massive occasion
02:24it was always going to be a huge ask for us
02:27and prove too much.
02:29Okay, thank you.