Garry Monk accepts responsibility as Liverpool beat Swansea

If Liverpool can advance in the Capital One Cup, they will then head into January with games to play in two domestic cup competitions as they join the FA Cup.

“To lose the game on a decision which was out of our hands is extremely disappointing”.

“It is my responsibility to get results and I understand that and you can’t continue to not get points. You could see the penetration in the final third was no sharp enough, not incisive”.

“They are two very important players for us and they’re back in the race”.

Milner slotted home from the spot in the 62nd-minute after Neil Taylor’s handball as Liverpool climbed to sixth in the Premier League table.

The next game, a trip to Southampton, is a tough test for the Reds, but it will be interesting to see Liverpool’s approach both towards the competition and the side, given this is the second time Klopp will have faced the Saints since his arrival on Merseyside.

“I thought we were excellent with the ball too, very fluid — you could sense the crowd were getting frustrated”. They were excellent today.

But Monk insisted the performance showed there is no danger his players are not prepared to turn it on for him – and instead showed they are ready to turn the corner as they prepared to face Jamie Vardy-inspired Leicester next week.

“That doesn’t look like a team in trouble”.

“I would like to feel better and say “Three days off celebrating a good week” but we don’t have time for this”.

It was a much improved performance from the Swans but, at the end of the day, we still lost and now it is one win in 11.

Swansea’s board were reported to be considering Monk’s position following the 2-2 draw with Bournemouth on 21 November.

“Manchester City were lucky in a way to beat Southampton”.

Rodgers became the first Liverpool manager in more than 50 years not to win a trophy in his first three seasons in charge of the club – if Klopp could do it inside six months his already high levels of popularity amongst the fans would go stratospheric. You look at the quality of the whole bench, look at the players we have injured, and as I said before you are going to need that with the amount of games we have coming up.

“I don’t know what place Swansea want to reach when the league begins, but for this team there is no problem”.

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