Niang blasts 'lucky' Liverpool
Marseille's Mamdou Niang has blasted "lucky" Liverpool following the Reds' 2-1 Champions League win in the Stade Velodrome on Tuesday night. Liverpool needed another captain's performance from Steven Gerrard to help them come from a goal down to get their Group D campaign off to a winning start against the French side.Gerrard scored his 98th and 99th goals for Liverpool in another glorious European display but Senegalese striker Niang says he cannot believe Rafa Benitez's men won the game.
He said: "Liverpool did not deserve to take three points. If you look at the game it should have been a draw.
"It is true that Liverpool began with good rhythm and played well but they had many pieces of luck.
"We dominated the second half but their goalkeeper's performance stopped us scoring again."
The loss means Marseille will be desperate to beat Atletico Madrid on October 1 to get their European adventure up and running and to stand any real chance of progressing from the group.
But regardless of what happens, the 28-year-old vows that Marseille will not be intimidated by Liverpool's reputation in the return fixture at Anfield.
He added: "We are slightly disappointed because this group is so even and it was important to start by winning and even more so with the first game at home.
"Liverpool have won and that is what it counts, but it has not left me with the feeling that they are so superior to us."
Marseille's Mamdou Niang has blasted "lucky" Liverpool following the Reds' 2-1 Champions League win in the Stade Velodrome on Tuesday night. Liverpool needed another captain's performance from Steven Gerrard to help them come from a goal down to get their Group D campaign off to a winning start against the French side.Gerrard scored his 98th and 99th goals for Liverpool in another glorious European display but Senegalese striker Niang says he cannot believe Rafa Benitez's men won the game.
He said: "Liverpool did not deserve to take three points. If you look at the game it should have been a draw.
"It is true that Liverpool began with good rhythm and played well but they had many pieces of luck.
"We dominated the second half but their goalkeeper's performance stopped us scoring again."
The loss means Marseille will be desperate to beat Atletico Madrid on October 1 to get their European adventure up and running and to stand any real chance of progressing from the group.
But regardless of what happens, the 28-year-old vows that Marseille will not be intimidated by Liverpool's reputation in the return fixture at Anfield.
He added: "We are slightly disappointed because this group is so even and it was important to start by winning and even more so with the first game at home.
"Liverpool have won and that is what it counts, but it has not left me with the feeling that they are so superior to us."
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