Liverpool: Carragher Looking To Bounce Back

Carragher Looking To Bounce Back

Jamie Carragher hopes that Liverpool respond to the defeat at Spurs in a positive manor. It was the defenders own goal that brought Spurs level before their late winner, and he is looking for us to respond in a positive way, as he explained:

'Look how Chelsea have reacted since we beat them and how Manchester United reacted when they lost to us.

'They've been on a great run since. It's how you come back from your setbacks that counts. This will be a test for us now.

'If you want to show you're championship contenders it's how you bounce back that matters.

'Before Jose Mourinho came to Chelsea you could get away with losing five or six but now it seems to be three or four.

'The standards are so high. You can't afford to lose too many.'

West Brom, Bolton and Fulham are just three of the sides that we have coming up and Carragher feels that we have the ability to potentially win our next six matches, and this is what he is looking for us to do, with him adding:

'It's a different test in itself playing against the teams lower down.

'Portsmouth was a very difficult game and we didn't score until late on.

'If we play as well as we can we should go on to win the next six games but in the past we've come unstuck in those matches and it's important we get maximum points now.'

As for the defeat itself he knows that we should have added another goal to wrap up the points, and that is what cost us in the end but had praise for Spurs, also saying:

'That's the Premier League for you. Credit to Spurs but we were in total control,' said Carragher.

''We should have got a second or third goal but if you don't do that Spurs have definitely got quality going forward.

'I'm disappointed to score the own goal. I don't know what happened. I don't know if I was unlucky - I'll have to see it again.

'Even then 1-1 isn't too bad at Spurs. It's not an easy place to go, even though they're in a bad situation.

'We're more than disappointed to concede a goal in the last minute. We missed a couple of chances we would normally score.

'Normally when you're in such control you go on to win the game but you have to give credit to Tottenham for showing character and sticking in there.

'Harry Redknapp is having quite an effect there. '

I have already said, much like Carragher, how we respond to this defeat is going to be a sign as to how strong our title bid really is this season, and this one defeat doesn't mean that it is over by any means!

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