{"id":392665,"date":"2011-04-23T19:03:00","date_gmt":"2011-04-23T19:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/23\/birmingham-boss-alex-mcleish-rues-defensive-errors-that-led-to-5-0-demolition-by-liverpool\/"},"modified":"2011-04-23T19:03:00","modified_gmt":"2011-04-23T19:03:00","slug":"birmingham-boss-alex-mcleish-rues-defensive-errors-that-led-to-5-0-demolition-by-liverpool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/23\/birmingham-boss-alex-mcleish-rues-defensive-errors-that-led-to-5-0-demolition-by-liverpool\/","title":{"rendered":"Birmingham boss Alex McLeish rues defensive errors that led to 5-0 demolition by Liverpool"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Matt Monaghan at Anfield<\/h3>\n<h4>23 Apr 2011 20:03:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"73.0938924339\">\n<div readability=\"13.2896174863\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Alex McLeish - Birmingham City (PA)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/cc8f30338_news.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Alex McLeish &#8211; Birmingham City (PA)<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p><span readability=\"43.2744680851\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/103\/birmingham-city\">Birmingham<\/a> manager <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/scotland\/19100\/alex-mcleish\">Alex McLeish<\/a> has criticised his sides defensive errors following Saturday\u2019s 5-0 defeat away to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/98\/liverpool\">Liverpool<\/a>, but believes his men will bounce back to ensure Premier League survival in their remaining four games.<\/p>\n<p>The Blues had looked to recover from Wednesday\u2019s 3-1 away loss to Chelsea by earning vital points at Anfield, yet an early goal from Maxi Rodriguez killed off the away side\u2019s chances, with the Argentine winger going onto score a hat-trick.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to reporters after the game, McLeish said: &#8220;The first goal for us was a little bit of a killer blow. I know you are still in it at 2-0, and we kept fighting at Chelsea.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;ve come in to frustrate Liverpool and the home fans as you try to set out against the top teams. To lose the goal so early disrupts totally your plans.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;To be fair, the first two goals were really soft. We have to do better and I don&#8217;t think anyone<br \/>would disagree with that.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Ben Foster has been for me one of the top goalkeepers in the league and probably deserved a bit more recognition for that, but he&#8217;ll be disappointed with the first one.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For the second goal, there&#8217;s a big hole in the centre of our defence and that&#8217;s unlike us. Quite simply, the boys have to get back to their best and they\u2019re capable of doing that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Birmingham are currently sat in 15th place in the Premier League, and are just four points above the relegation zone on thirty-eight, yet the Scotsman is confident his side will beat the drop, starting with victory in next weekend\u2019s Midlands derby at home to Wolves.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don\u2019t know what we need but we&#8217;ve just got to win our home games,\u201d McLeish added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe&#8217;ve got two important home games in the last four and we&#8217;ll try everything we can to win those and get back up the table.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Today was a bad day at the office but will it affect morale? I don&#8217;t think so, they&#8217;re really good at bouncing back.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/cc8f30338_news-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Read the rest here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/04\/23\/2455062\/birmingham-boss-alex-mcleish-rues-defensive-errors-that-led-to-5-\" title=\"Birmingham boss Alex McLeish rues defensive errors that led to 5-0 demolition by Liverpool\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Birmingham boss Alex McLeish rues defensive errors that led to 5-0 demolition by Liverpool<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Matt Monaghan at Anfield 23 Apr 2011 20:03:00 Alex McLeish &#8211; Birmingham City (PA) Related Links Teams Players Birmingham manager Alex McLeish has criticised his sides defensive errors following Saturday\u2019s 5-0 defeat away to Liverpool , but believes his men will bounce back to ensure Premier League survival in their remaining four games. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-392665","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-business"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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