James Milner believes Liverpool need to become a bit “more boring” after they shared the spoils from a 3-3 draw with Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium.
“I think when you’re in a position like that, at this level, you’ve got to see game out and we’ve got to become boring,” Milner, who replaced Jordan Henderson in the 11th minute, told Sky Sports after the final whistle.
“Obviously, we were very good going forward, but there are just times in the game when you’ve got to tighten up and not make mistakes for five minutes.
“All the goals were our fault really and that’s something we have to learn from. We need to do it quick because it seems to be a theme for us this year.
“We play such good football and sometimes we just need to switch that off for five-to-10 minutes in a game and learn about the game and sense the situations when it is time to take it easy, play a bit tighter and keep the ball a bit longer — rather than trying to break every time. Against good teams at this level, you get punished and it happened today.”
“You’re most vulnerable when you score and that happened to us. They had an extra yard and we made mistakes. We got our composure back a little too late.
“First half we dominated. We have just had a lapse of concentration and it has cost us two points. All three goals were avoidable. We need to get these mistakes out of our game.”
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