Milner gives honest assessment of Liverpool’s pre-season results

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Liverpool star James Milner has given the real picture about their torrid performance in the ongoing pre-season matches. After their superb display last season; lifting the Champions League trophy and finishing second in the Premier League, the Reds are arguably not back to their form this pre-season.

During an interview with media, Milner confirmed that the squad is still not compact;

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“Obviously coming on the back of the success last year and 97 points in the league, sometimes it’s easy to get complacent. I’m not saying we are that, there’s a lot of changes in the team, a lot of young lads coming in and we are finding how we play with each other.

“But back-to-back defeats, if we needed that kick there it is. It will make us strive on and go even harder if we can. We know how high our standards are, so it’s early days and I wouldn’t be too worried about it. But we want to kick on and make sure we use this to drive us on.

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“It’s been a tough schedule, tough conditions but it’s all money in the bank. Dealing with conditions like this and games so close and the travelling, it will be a piece of cake when we get one game a week at the start of the season,” said Milner.

The 2018-19 Champions League winners started their campaign on a high note by thrashing Tranmere Rovers 6-0 before beating Bradford City 3-1.

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Things turned around six days later when they succumbed to a 2-3 defeat to Borrusia Dortmund. Sevilla added more pain to them a day later- beating them 2-1.

Klopp’s men will now face SSC Napoli and Olympique Lyonnais for their friendlies before meeting Manchester City on 4 August for their FA Community Shield.

 

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