Steve Nicol ‘delighted’ with one aspect of Liverpool’s win on Sunday despite ‘rotten’ performance

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Steve Nicol said he was ‘delighted’ with one particular aspect of Liverpool’s win at Bournemouth on Sunday despite a ‘rotten’ performance from the Reds.Andoni Iraola’s side created virtually nothing in a goalless first half but prevailed 1-0 thanks to Alexander Isak’s 57th-minute goal, one of just three shots on target they had all afternoon.It was far from a classic at the Vitality Stadium, but the Merseysiders held firm to come away with all three points and record a third consecutive clean sheet in the Premier League, something they hadn’t managed since the first three matches of Arne Slot’s reign two years ago.Nicol credits Liverpool for another clean sheetNicol wasn’t impressed with Liverpool’s overall performance on the south coast, but he gave them credit for achieving another shutout and doing enough to emerge with a positive result.The former Reds defender said on ESPN FC: “I’m absolutely delighted, with the way they played, to come away with three points. I said a couple of weeks ago, if I could get Liverpool to just keep clean sheets – if you do that, because they have got talented players, you’ve always got a chance of getting something, and that’s exactly what happened in this game.“These teams could’ve swapped strips and you wouldn’t have known who was who.

Now, when you get three points, you can build from it. There’s a different atmosphere around the place when you get a win, particularly away from home.“The performance was rotten.

It took us 57 minutes to get the goal, and even after that there wasn’t another chance, so I’m delighted – three points away at Bournemouth [despite] not playing well, but it’s a clean sheet, and that’s how you start. That’s how you get things going.”(Photo by Mike Hewitt/Getty Images)Want more Empire of the Kop coverage?