Villareal made an exit from the continuing Champions League after their 2-3 defeat by the hands of Liverpool within the second leg of the semi-final.
Unai Emery of Villareal. Courtesy: Reuters
HIGHLIGHTSVillareal misplaced to Liverpool within the second leg of the semisDia and Coquelin scored for VillarealEmery praises Villareal gamers
Villareal head coach Unai Emery heaped reward on his workforce’s gamers for his or her respectable exhibiting within the ongoing Champions League. On Wednesday, May 3, Villareal misplaced to Liverpool 2-3 within the second leg of the semi-final at El Madrigal. Villareal began the sport on an amazing be aware after ahead Boulaye Dia scored within the third minute.
Thereafter, midfielder Francis Coquelin churned out one other purpose and gave his workforce an important 2-0 on the finish of the primary half. The mixture between the 2 groups had been 2-2 with a single half to be performed within the semis. From there on, Liverpool put forth their A-game and raced to a 2-3 win within the match on Wednesday.
Despite the loss, the 50-year-old Emery stated that his workforce didn’t go away any stone unturned in qualifying for the ultimate to be performed on May 29 at Stade de France.
‘We lost strength’
“We were not in this semi-final as guests, we deserved it and we wanted to try to reach the final. And the team showed it in both legs of the semi-final. We knew our potential, even though sometimes they did not allow us to express it, both here and in the first leg, where we did not have many options.
“But we did it here. We really wanted to play in the Estadio de la Ceramica with our fans, and we did it. But still we missed something extra,” Emery was quoted as saying after the match.
In the second half of the match, Liverpool’s Fabinho, Luis Diaz and Sadio Mane scored within the 62nd, 67th and 74th minutes respectively to assist their workforce win. Emery admitted that Villareal fell behind the 8-ball towards an opponent as robust as Liverpool.
“It is not about what we wanted to do; it is about what we were able to do. We knew how demanding it would have been to keep the level of intensity of the first half against a team like Liverpool. I think that we lost strength, but not because we did not want to continue like that, it was because we simply could not do it,” he added.
