Robbie Fowler slammed Liverpool’s lack of intensity and aggression as they were beaten by Plymouth Argyle and knocked out of the FA Cup. The
Reds’ hopes of a quadruple were dashed at Holmes Park. After Ryan Hardy converted a second-half penalty as Plymouth came from behind to beat Arne Slot’s side in a surprise upset.
Liverpool, who were missing key players such as Mohamed Salah, Virgil van Dijk, Cody Gakpo and Alexis Mac Allister. Were unable to score an equaliser to take the game to extra time. Diogo Jota’s best chance came, only for Plymouth goalkeeper Conor Hazard to make a superb save.
Asked after the game what was missing from the upset, Fowler said: “It’s not good, to be honest. Liverpool started to improve in the last five minutes of the normal 90 minutes and then added another nine minutes in stoppage time. “That
‘s the Liverpool we should have seen from the beginning. They had more intensity, move the ball quicker. And tried to cross into the box, but it was gone for pretty much the whole game. “It
might have had an effect when you come into this environment. สมัครสมาชิก UFABET วันนี้ รับเครดิตฟรีทุกวัน But the Liverpool players are used to games under pressure. The problem is they lacked that aggression until the 85th minute, which is not Liverpool. “
We praised them in midweek, but today it was the complete opposite.”