During a 4-1 victory at Anfield in the second half, Rob Edwards, the manager of Luton Town, acknowledged that he had “angry” Liverpool.
Rob Edwards said that Liverpool was “angry” with Luton Town after Jurgen Klopp’s team won 4-1 at Anfield thanks to four goals in the second half.
Wednesday night’s nervous first half saw Klopp’s Premier League leaders struggle to equalise as Luton’s Chiedozie Ogbene scored the game’s first goal against an injured Reds team.
Virgil van Dijk’s header pulled the home team even in the second half, but goals from Cody Gakpo, Luis Diaz, and Harvey Elliott put Liverpool four goals ahead of Chelsea in the Carabao Cup final on Sunday.
“We simply infuriated them,” Edwards admitted. “I thought the first half was really good overall, and the second half showed us Anfield, Liverpool, and their full-tilt football. They played fantastic football by counterpressing.
Ultimately, it was a great lesson for us to see what constitutes the best. Although they were missing a few players, their second half performance was among the best. We were better, in my opinion, than they were.
There aren’t many people in our group who have had such an amazing experience at Anfield. I hope we can return at some point in the future. To get better, you practically have to go through some of that.”
“They are going to start coming after us and they did,” Edwards continued, “but first we started a little bit stronger and then we grew into it and looked good.” Hopefully, Sambi is okay in the second half but is compelled to make a change.
They choked us because we didn’t use the space behind them. The boys persisted. At the very end, we didn’t give up and accept our loss; instead, we kept pushing. Although I am proud of the players, we faced a stronger team tonight. We saw what the elite really looks like.
It’s great to see Chie arrive in the box; that’s what we want from our wide players. It’s fantastic for him to score at the Kop after his journey. Their true threat in the second half came from their intensity and counterpressuring. Giving up from a set-piece and a throw-in is disheartening. We just struggled at times; I don’t think we looked like a bad team.”
