Liverpool veteran Milner convinced of positives from disappointing Chelsea draw
Liverpool veteran James Milner sought positives from their 0-0 draw with Chelsea at Anfield today.
Liverpool and Chelsea played out a disappointing stalemate in Saturday’s early kickoff.
But Milner insisted: “We always want to win our home games, we know the situation we are in at the moment, things are not easy. We’ve got to stick together, keep working hard. We kept a clean sheet which was pleasing. We need to get that base. We had chances to win the game.
“It was tough. It was two teams that aren’t playing their best at the moment. That’s why you have to win that battle, the pitch didn’t make it as easy to play as we would like. At time we could have made it easier for ourselves by taking an extra touch but also moving for each other. We had really good spells in the game as well. There’s things to work on but a clean sheet is a step in the right direction.
“When you’re in a tough period and a tough moment in the team, I think it’s important that you stick together and fight for those clean sheets and that’s where it starts. It’s not the best football matches that we are playing but it’s small steps to get where we know we can be. We would have liked to win it, it’s pleasing that we had the chances. This is a small step in the right direction but we have got a long way to go to where we want to be.”
