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LIVERPOOL FC: RAFA: MISTAKES COST US

Liverpool Manager Rafa Benitez reflected on his side's 3-0 defeat to Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium and admitted that mistakes had cost them.

/noticias.info/ Liverpool were beaten by goals from Mathieu Flamini, Kolo Toure and William Gallas and Rafa believes at least two of the goals could have been avoided.

"We started well and we were controlling a lot of things, but when we conceded the first goal it was a problem," admitted Rafa.

"We made some mistakes. When you play against a good team with a lot of quality you have to be 100% all of the time, but we made big mistakes for the first and second goals."

And Rafa again lamented his side's failure to claim the game's pivotal first goal.

"We knew they would be a difficult team to play against and we knew it would be important to score the first goal, but we couldn't do it.

"It's clear we need to improve our away record. I have some ideas, but it wont be until next week at Middlesbrough when we see whether the improvement is there."

Arsenal Manager Arsene Wenger credited Liverpool's performance and agreed with Rafa's assessment that the first goal was all-important.

"Liverpool played very well," claimed the Arsenal boss. "The first goal was very important and if they had scored it, it might have been a different game." notas_de_prensa_archivo