Sam slates Reds slurs
01 Oct 2006 - 11:43:27
Sam Allardyce thanked Liverpool for their pre-match comments after watching his Bolton Wanderers team win 2-0 against the Reds at the Reebok Stadium.
Allardyce was angry at criticism of his side's style of play in the build-up to the encounter and watched on happily as goals from Gary Speed and Ivan Campo sent the FA Cup holders packing.
He fumed: "The players were a bit annoyed by the things that had been said about us from the Liverpool end.
"They were talking about it before the game and we pinned up on the wall the articles being critical of us. It helped the players go out and give that extra little bit.
"To be able to compete at this level, when you haven't got that great spending power, you have to do other things to nullify the opposition.
"We do that very, very well within the laws of the game. We do not step outside of those and we maximise our talent.
"The half-chances Liverpool got saw my people prepared to die to stop the ball going in the net, they threw bodies at it and there were great saves from the keeper."