Alonso bites back
05 Oct 2006 - 14:10:27
Liverpool midfielder Xabi Alonso has launched a scathing attack on the English media.
The Spain international is furious about the criticism the Reds have come in for during their inconsistent start to the season and claimed that some journalists lack a sense of perspective.
The 24-year-old told the club's official magazine: "In England I have found that the media are not interested in the bigger picture. As far as they are concerned you are only as good, or as bad, as your last result.
"If you have won comfortably then you are a great team and you are going to be challenging for the title at the top of the league.
"Yet, if you have lost, then you have big problems and something has to be done to change things. All week they will talk about it but then if you win the next week you are a much better team again.
"That is one of the main reasons why I do not read English papers. I choose to read only papers from back home, but it is the same in Spain and all of the big football countries and seems to be more and more a part of the modern game.
"People have to try and analyse football with a little more distance and perspective if they want to do it properly.
"We know that we can still do things better than we are doing them now, but it's not a problem for us. We have nothing to fear if we keep playing like we did against Newcastle, Chelsea and Spurs."