BENITEZ WAS UPSET - ARBELOA
Álvaro Arbeloa has revealed that his Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez was livid with both the team and referee Konrad Plautz after the Champions League semi-final first leg against Chelsea at Anfield.
John Arne Riise's 95th minute own goal gifted Chelsea a vital away goal to take to Stamford Bridge next Wednesday.
Arbeloa insisted that had Petr Cech not saved a shot from Fernando Torres, Liverpool would be on the way to the final in Moscow.
The 25-year-old said: "It was a key moment. We would have gone 2-0 up and that blow to Chelsea would have meant that they had it all to do.
"It was disappointing to concede right at the last moment. Up until then the game had gone pretty much to plan. We had attacked and scored.
"Rafa was very upset with us and the referee in the dressing room after the match. I thought the referee did not give us much.
"But we must forget that now. We must think about the week ahead and work very hard."
Álvaro Arbeloa has revealed that his Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez was livid with both the team and referee Konrad Plautz after the Champions League semi-final first leg against Chelsea at Anfield.
John Arne Riise's 95th minute own goal gifted Chelsea a vital away goal to take to Stamford Bridge next Wednesday.
Arbeloa insisted that had Petr Cech not saved a shot from Fernando Torres, Liverpool would be on the way to the final in Moscow.
The 25-year-old said: "It was a key moment. We would have gone 2-0 up and that blow to Chelsea would have meant that they had it all to do.
"It was disappointing to concede right at the last moment. Up until then the game had gone pretty much to plan. We had attacked and scored.
"Rafa was very upset with us and the referee in the dressing room after the match. I thought the referee did not give us much.
"But we must forget that now. We must think about the week ahead and work very hard."
Labels: Alvaro Arbeloa, Champions League, Chelsea, Liverpool
