Vidosic: A disappointing defeat

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Head coach reflects on 2-1 loss to Liverpool on Albion's return to WSL action.

Bruce Talbot

2025-01-17T22:30+00:00

Dario Vidosic felt his team were well below par in the 2-1 loss against Liverpool. 📷 by Kyle Hemsley.

Dario Vidosic admitted his side got what they deserved as they returned to WSL action with a disappointing 2-1 defeat to Liverpool.

Nikita Parris equalised midway through the second half with her sixth goal of the season but Liverpool were

Dario Vidosic admitted his side got what they deserved as they returned to WSL action with a disappointing 2-1 defeat to Liverpool.

Nikita Parris equalised midway through the second half with her sixth goal of the season but Liverpool were deserved winners thanks to goals from Olivia Smith and an own goal by Jorelyn Carabali.

“Everywhere went wrong,” admitted Albion’s head coach. “I couldn’t recognise us at all. I felt we took a lot of steps back from where we have been. Credit to Liverpool, they made it tough for us but we weren’t caught out by anything from Liverpool, we just didn’t have any attacking edge and looked toothless. We lacked disciplined and structure and played straight into their hands, it was very disappointing.

Nikita Parris got Albion back into the game with a second-half equaliser. 📷 by Kyle Hemsley.

“When you don’t have a solid platform or win enough match-ups that’s what you will get. Hopefully it is a one-off. Regardless of tactics we lost a lot of our duels tonight and then it becomes very difficult.

“It is frustrating. We go performance to performance and while we can pat ourselves on the back for our achievements in the first half of the season that’s irrelevant now. In glimpses we did look good but there weren’t enough of those glimpses.”

Albion are back in action next Wednesday when they host Arsenal in the quarter-finals of the Subway League Cup.

“The good thing is we’ve got a quick turnaround,” added Vidosic. “We know we are and can be a good team. We need to learn from this and learn from it quickly.”