{"id":21703,"date":"2011-12-26T18:48:00","date_gmt":"2011-12-26T18:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/12\/blackburn-rovers-boss-steve-kean-proud-of-players-for-holding-liverpool-to-1-1-draw\/"},"modified":"2011-12-26T18:48:00","modified_gmt":"2011-12-26T18:48:00","slug":"blackburn-rovers-boss-steve-kean-proud-of-players-for-holding-liverpool-to-1-1-draw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/26\/blackburn-rovers-boss-steve-kean-proud-of-players-for-holding-liverpool-to-1-1-draw\/","title":{"rendered":"Blackburn Rovers boss Steve Kean proud of players for holding Liverpool to 1-1 draw"},"content":{"rendered":"

Blackburn Rovers<\/a> boss Steve Kean<\/a> has expressed his pride at his players\u2019 resilience in holding Liverpool<\/a> to a 1-1 draw in their Boxing Day clash.<\/span><\/p>\n

The visitors held on to condemn the Reds to their seventh draw of the season and their sixth at Anfield as Kenny Dalglish\u2019s men failed to push on after Maxi Rodriguez\u2019s equaliser.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Rovers coach \u2013 who had seen his team go 1-0 up on the stroke of half-time thanks to a Charlie Adam own goal \u2013 was thankful for the team\u2019s luck on occasions but highlighted the players\u2019 discipline in defence as well.<\/span><\/p>\n

Kean told BBC Sport<\/em>: \u201cWe were disciplined in defence and created quite a few chances on the break.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIn the second half, sometimes you need great saves and lucky breaks.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI am proud of the lads. I think we showed that if we keep our discipline we can come to places like this and dig out results.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Rovers’ effort and graft in defence was evident from the start and Kean admitted he revelled in denying Liverpool all three points.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI enjoyed it,\u201d the Rovers boss told reporters after the game. \u201cWe were a little bit disappointed in the way that we started the second half but that side in the first half had defensive organisation spot on.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cCredit to the players we worked on that a lot, to get a platform where we can win the ball and then start off our counter attacks.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Rovers goalkeeper Mark Bunn made a string of saves throughout the match to keep the scores level and it was his leap to deny Andy Carroll in the fifth minute of stoppage time that denied Liverpool a late winner.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s made two great saves and I\u2019m delighted for him because he\u2019s been taking part in the [League] Cup but he\u2019s been very patient,\u201d Kean added.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cPaul Robinson has picked up a calf tear and Bunny makes saves, he\u2019s agile and he gets about his box and it\u2019s a super save at the end.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cFull credit to the lads we dug in and managed to get something from the game.\u201d<\/span><\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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