Rafa Benitez
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Then at the moment, I cannot come back to the Premier League because I'm happy in China.
And it's a big project.
Like I said before, we have a new training ground with 14 pitches.
So it's a great project.
We will see what happens.
In the future, you never know, because I'm a professional, I love Liverpool, I love Liverpool fans, but at the same time, I want to do my passion, that is to get a job and continue working.
I think we made our own mistakes, we started with a lack of concentration and we conceded two goals and set pieces against a good team, and we had the same situation that we had at home.
When we were losing we had to take the risk, we were open and in counter-attack they are dangerous, but still you have 17 attempts and I think they were lucky in some of the situations that they were blocking the shots, but overall really disappointed with the first minute when we conceded two goals and set pieces.
Was it a poor goal to concede, or coming when it did early on, was it a poor goal to concede from your point of view?
Both, because the second one was a block in a free-kick that we knew could happen, and then after we made the penalty.
These mistakes against these teams, when they have so much quality up front, then you pay for that.
You can complain about the blocking, but that's it.
Yeah, but you have to credit also to the defenders because they have two or three situations where they were blocking the shot.
In a normal game, there will be clear chances also in the first half of Almiron and Schalke, so the situation could be better and they blocked the shots.
No, he has a problem with his knee.
We have to assess him in the next few days, but he has a problem with his knee.
We're trying to adjust some positions and have better possession.
But what I said before, when you go away and you have 17 attempts, you have to at least score one goal and then go back into the game.
But we started making these mistakes and it's not easy when you play against a good team and you are turning down too soon.
I think I say so many times, we are where we are, so we are doing a lot of good things, but we have to keep the focus and the concentration from the first minute until the last minute.