Absolutely gutted, feel sick to the stomach.
Overall, our performance was okay. City had the better chances so perhaps they'd see themselves as deserved winners more. 'Okay' performances though aren't enough at this level in games of such magnitude. Had we have been much better in the final third we could have carved the kind of openings City did and take them. For that, I found Sturridge bitterly disappointing and yet again I'm left asking myself what all the hype about Firmino is.
To lose on penalties though is sickening and if there was one player who didn't deserve to be on the losing team today it was Lucas Levia. The Brazilian for me, was the best player on the park and I hate to say it but I could see it in his eyes that he was never going to score that penalty. I do wonder why Milner wasn't picked at the top end to take the penalties but that's by the by now.
I thought Mignolet redeemed himself in the 2 hours of football after conceding from such an angle, it was a howler. However, himself along with Lucas at the back really dug in. We just had nothing going the other way and even with our "best 3" up top we looked as toothless as we have all season without Sturridge, who again I must reiterate was very poor. It's times like this you wish you had a midfield[er] to back up the strikers who are hitting a brick wall, with a gut busting run, long rang effort [yes Steven Gerrard] or something to make it happen for the lads who are literally firing blanks.
We controlled the rest of the game quite well, and left ourselves open to attack which was worrying at the times. And because of that, I think I went through a few pairs of undies watching that game.
All in all, it will be a final to forget now, no achievement was made, spirits low, so the sooner the next game rolls in the better.
YNWA to those fans at Wembley who did their bit on a disappointing afternoon.
ps. f**k knows how you lot have the inclination and concentration to post in here during a cup final!
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