You are here: Home > News > Houllier: A bad night for us
May 5 2026 7.13am

Houllier: A bad night for us

February 5 2003

Liverpool FC

Liverpool FC

Liverpool boss Gerard Houllier blamed a series of missed chances for his side crashing out of the FA Cup to Crystal Palace at Anfield.

He said: "I have mixed feelings. In the first half we played very good football and our passing was very good at times. We should have finished the match in the first half but we wasted chances.

"The turning point for me was Heskey's miss when he was clean through one-on-one. Mentally our team just sunk after that. Credit to Palace but this is a bad night for us.

"We lost the belief in our football and our freshness was not good with certain players. Maybe going out of the cup could be a blessing in disguise with the number of games we've got left - you never know but I don't like to lose."

In Depth FA Cup 2002/03

Latest Headlines

Palace Talk Forum Latest

My 17year old son arrested in Krakow
at 6.41am by HKOwen

2 points to stay up
at 5.35am by Frenchaigle

Marc Guéhi
at 11.36pm by DANGERCLOSE

Our present squad
at 11.25pm by DANGERCLOSE

Bournemouth vs. Crystal Palace match thread
at 8.37pm by Eagleman13

Autographs
at 8.07pm by Teddy Eagle

Move the women's game to SP
at 8.03pm by ClaireS

welcome to Brennan Johnson
at 7.24pm by JHB

Come back Dougie Freedman, all is forgiven ( Poll )
at 5.34pm by BromleyMonkey

Unlikely events...... all with a greater probability than our 'impending Relegation'
at 5.27pm by Teddy Eagle

You are here: Home > News > Houllier: A bad night for us