I am not having Liverpool excuses after lucky Crystal Palace win - they are just easy get-outs

I think we’re all looking for excuses for what’s gone wrong in the last few games.

You can blame tiredness, you can blame fatigue, you can blame the injuries. You can always say you’re tired but it’s just an easy get-out clause.

Yes, we’ve played a lot of games. But Jurgen’s been playing the squad game, and done it really well until the last two games. And this intensity isn’t anything new for Liverpool.

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I think tiredness can be an easy get out of jail card. Of course, it can be mentally tiring. But not physically. Some players have played more than others.

You don’t hear Virgil van Dijk complaining. He’s played nearly every game. None of the players are complaining about it. So no, I’m not having tiredness as an excuse.

Maybe it’s pressure. Mental pressure can get to them and it does seem to have gotten to them the last few games.

The timing of Jurgen saying he was leaving, I think that is being used as an excuse too.

They want to win anything for Jurgen, of course they do. But we can’t say that’s a justifiable excuse for losing the last two games. I don't buy into it.

You can’t afford any slip-ups, like we did against Palace. Palace did get lucky. They defended really well and the goalie had a stormer, their defence had a stormer. But everything went their way. The saves, the blocks, the clearance off the line.

They had chances themselves though. And they had like 20 passes before they scored. It was quite plain pattern play from training, how they carved us up. It was just too easy for them.

Before the last couple of