Henderson: We let our standards drop

Liverpool, United Kingdom: Liverpool midfielder Jordan Henderson acknowledged his side had let their standards slip in their 2-0 home defeat by West Bromwich Albion on Monday. Defeat came as a shock for Brendan Rodgers’ side after their encouraging away draws at Arsenal and Manchester City, as goals from Gareth McAuley and Romelu Lukaku arrested West Brom’s own lean Premier League run.

“The manager didn’t have much to say after. We all know we didn’t play particularly well,” Henderson said.

“I don’t think we passed the ball as well as we could have done. We had a lot of the ball but we didn’t create as much as we have been doing.

“It’s a game we could have won [Steven Gerrard missed a penalty in the second half with the score still 0-0] but it just wasn’t our night. You have to take these things on board and learn from it.”