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Ryan Babel: European Record Will Spur Liverpool On In Lyon
The Reds forward claims history is on his team's side...
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Nov 3, 2009 10:31:02 AM
Liverpool winger Ryan Babel has issued a call to arms ahead of the Reds' trip to Olympique Lyonnais in the Champions League on Wednesday night.
The Dutchman claims that the Reds' European pedigree and glorious history should inspire the players to victory and help drag the club out of their current slump in form.
"We may have lost against Fulham but I still believe the team has enough confidence to play well on Wednesday. The Champions League is a different competition," the Netherlands international told the club's official website.
"We have a good history in it and we have the confidence to start well again.
"We will stay together as a team. We have lost some games and that is not good for our situation but we showed against Manchester United that we can play so well.
"That was a good example of what we can do. If we show passion and work together, we can beat anyone at any time. Lyon is another game.
"We have got the confidence to go there and get the result we need; when some players come back from injury, we will be much stronger."
Liverpool lost 3-1 to Fulham at Craven Cottage on Saturday in a game which ended somewhat shambolically for the Reds, who were reduced to nine men after Phillipp Degen and Jamie Carragher were sent off.
"Losing like that was tough to take. We had control for most of the game. We tried to push them and put them under pressure in the second half, we tried to keep them deep," Babel added.
"We were unlucky with the first red card (given to Philipp Degen). In my opinion, a red card was too heavy. I think it was the same for Carra. They were two big decisions that turned the game.
"But there were other things. Dirk [Kuyt] made a decision to chase a ball. He wanted to keep it in and didn't want to leave it.
"So people will say it was Dirk’s mistake. But if you defend that situation properly as a team, you won't concede that kind of goal. The team made a lot of mistakes and maybe the referee played his part as well. That is what cost us victory at Fulham."
Zack Wilson, Goal.com UK
The Dutchman claims that the Reds' European pedigree and glorious history should inspire the players to victory and help drag the club out of their current slump in form.
"We may have lost against Fulham but I still believe the team has enough confidence to play well on Wednesday. The Champions League is a different competition," the Netherlands international told the club's official website.
"We have a good history in it and we have the confidence to start well again.
"We will stay together as a team. We have lost some games and that is not good for our situation but we showed against Manchester United that we can play so well.
"That was a good example of what we can do. If we show passion and work together, we can beat anyone at any time. Lyon is another game.
"We have got the confidence to go there and get the result we need; when some players come back from injury, we will be much stronger."
Liverpool lost 3-1 to Fulham at Craven Cottage on Saturday in a game which ended somewhat shambolically for the Reds, who were reduced to nine men after Phillipp Degen and Jamie Carragher were sent off.
"Losing like that was tough to take. We had control for most of the game. We tried to push them and put them under pressure in the second half, we tried to keep them deep," Babel added.
"We were unlucky with the first red card (given to Philipp Degen). In my opinion, a red card was too heavy. I think it was the same for Carra. They were two big decisions that turned the game.
"But there were other things. Dirk [Kuyt] made a decision to chase a ball. He wanted to keep it in and didn't want to leave it.
"So people will say it was Dirk’s mistake. But if you defend that situation properly as a team, you won't concede that kind of goal. The team made a lot of mistakes and maybe the referee played his part as well. That is what cost us victory at Fulham."
Zack Wilson, Goal.com UK
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