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The midfielder was involved in all five of his team’s goals on Tuesday and showed clear improvement in his defensive game
Sérgio Conceição led Porto on a lap of apology around an almost deserted Estádio do Dragão after their latest humbling by Liverpool and did not hold back when the inquest opened. “The five goals we conceded are the kind you concede when you are in a relaxed training session and not when you’re playing in the Champions League,” said a coach who has endured 5-1, 4-1 and 5-0 defeats on Jürgen Klopp’s past three visits. “Too many mistakes in danger areas … everything was bad, but the responsibility is mine. It was a shameful disaster.”
Routs promote extreme reactions and few would dispute Conceição’s take on a fragile Porto performance that belied their experience in the Champions League (Tuesday was their 200th game in the competition) or pedigree as quarter-finalists last season. “Shameful”, as A Bola’s headline put it on Wednesday.
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Sérgio Conceição led Porto on a lap of apology around an almost deserted Estádio do Dragão after their latest humbling by Liverpool and did not hold back when the inquest opened. “The five goals we conceded are the kind you concede when you are in a relaxed training session and not when you’re playing in the Champions League,” said a coach who has endured 5-1, 4-1 and 5-0 defeats on Jürgen Klopp’s past three visits. “Too many mistakes in danger areas … everything was bad, but the responsibility is mine. It was a shameful disaster.”
Routs promote extreme reactions and few would dispute Conceição’s take on a fragile Porto performance that belied their experience in the Champions League (Tuesday was their 200th game in the competition) or pedigree as quarter-finalists last season. “Shameful”, as A Bola’s headline put it on Wednesday.
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