Third time lucky?

 Fernando Torres can't believe his bad luck ...

It was a frustrating Monday evening at the DW Stadium when Liverpool lost 1:0 against the, we have to admit, better side of Wigan Athletic. The Reds started well with a fantastic Steven Gerrard action in the first 10 minutes of the match but then the air seemed just to blow out. Wigan took the control and pushed forward every single minute of the game, the Reds had to struggle to get the ball into to the opponent’s side, which didn’t really work, regrettably.

Wigan knew to take her chances and to benefit from Liverpool’s horrible mistakes and the guest can really be happy about only one goal they got in. Without Sotirios Kyriakos’ and Glen Johnson’s, who returned after his injury, brilliant saves the score could look different.

Apparently, the saying “Third time lucky” wasn’t valid on this evening. Fernando Torres made three great efforts on Wigan’s goal but the ball seemed to be cursed. It just didn’t want to get in! Anyway, there isn’t really much to mention from Liverpool’s point of view. The team played bad, as bad as we didn’t see it play since a while. There was no spirit, no ideas, no ... substance.

"We didn't show the right attitude and even though we worked harder in the second half, we played without game intelligence," complained the Liverpool manager after the match.

"We didn't do anything in the first half. The attitude was much better in the second half but it wasn't enough. It is difficult to explain because we prepared for the game properly. We knew Wigan would play in this way but there were too many things from us that I cannot understand," he added.

I could write much more about how bad the match and Reds’ performance was but I won’t. Instead, I’ll list some tweets which some of the fans tweeted during and after the game:

@paul_tomkins Torres' attitude was poor. We weren't great without him & Gerrard when they were out, but at least everyone seemed to be trying & focussed

@paul_tomkins RT @VerbalKint27: 'Pundits' spent 20 mins slagging Rafa. Didn't mention the individual errors or the amount of times the TEAM gave ball away ....

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