Dejan Lovren opens up on Liverpool ‘shame’ and reveals dressing room reaction to Watford defeat

Liverpool centre-back Dejan Lovren has admitted his side felt “ashamed” after Watford defeat. The Reds’ 44-match unbeaten run and their 18-match winning sequence ended. Watford recorded a 3-0 victory against the Premier League leaders. The opener came on 54 minutes when Abdoulaye Doucoure assisted to Ismailia Sarr. The latest also scored the second one for Watford. The third goal scored Troy Deeney in the 72nd minute. "It’s strange, to be honest. It hurts, really hurts," Lovren said. "A defeat is a defeat but, you know, this was strange. Right from the beginning until the end, it was missing the usual things that we have. We deserved to lose. Maybe it is a wake-up call for us. "If you look back at the last couple of games, the result was there and we got the performance that we needed but… I think this was a proper wake-up call to everyone. I don’t want to say that it is good but you know what I mean? It can be a benefit to help us get to the end of the season. We need to remember how it should be. "Yes, we are nearly there [for the title] but the performance means [the assessment] was simple. We didn’t deserve anything. We are calm. Everyone knows it is something that we should learn from. "The manager looked at us when he came into the dressing room and he knew that we knew it wasn’t our best performance. We felt a little bit ashamed, you know? We should have done better. There is no excuse for that performance." Liverpool stay on 79 points, 22 points above Manchester City. Source: Liverpool ECHO Join us on Telegram!

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