Rodgers states
“When you play an opponent that’s very deep and put all 11 players in the final third of the pitch, then of course it’s difficult.
“It was interesting for me to see, there are areas that we could be better.
“First half, we were too slow in our passing, in order to get in between the lines and unbalance their defence. Second half, we were better. I thought we played through the lines better.
“There are lots of areas that we can improve in. There weren’t too many chances in the game and sometimes that’s the way it is in these types of games.
“It was one of those nights where it didn’t quite come off for us but the players gave everything. We’ll go away and analyse it and hopefully we’ll be better the next time we face that kind of opponent.
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“It’s obviously disappointing when you lose any game. The important thing is learning from it, we’re here to help the team improve eventually in these types of games.
"We had enough of the ball but you need to be dangerous with it and tonight we didn’t create enough when we had it. You’ve got to give credit to Newcastle for that.
"They sat in deep and they’re fighting for their lives in the league and of course when they get the goal, it makes it even more difficult. So there’s plenty for us to look at, and we’ll go away and improve from it."
Fighting for their lifes taht win means Newcastle are only 9 points behind Rodgers now
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