The midfielder could not hide his disappointment
after the two sides played out an entertaining
draw and says the Swans deserved to win the
game
Jonjo Shelvey apologised to Swansea fans after his side’s
2-2 draw with Liverpool, claiming he “gifted” his former
side a point at the Liberty Stadium.
The midfielder opened the scoring after just two
minutes, but was to blame for Liverpool’s equaliser
minutes later after a poor back pass was seized upon by
Daniel Sturridge who calmly beat Michel Vorm to level
the scores.
Shelvey was then involved again as the Reds took the
lead, passing the ball straight to Victor Moses who
proceeded to score a debut goal to put his side 2-1 up.
“I just want to say sorry to the Swansea fans for two
bad mistakes to be honest, I sort of gifted Liverpool the
draw really and I think we deserved more than that,” he
told Sky Sports.
“Obviously it started tremendously to get the goal, but
then two poor mistakes, but then we showed a bit of
character to get on the ball.
“I will still be disappointed but that’s just what football’s
is about.”
However, Shelvey did then play a part in Swansea’s
equaliser, heading the ball down to Michu to make it
2-2 and complete the scoring, yet he still cut a dejected
figure after the match.
“I didn’t really want to celebrate [after scoring], because
obviously I was at Liverpool and have huge respect for
the fans, but its hard to hide your emotions and then
two minutes later you give them a goal,” he added.
“You just want to go to a hole where no-one can see
you but football is about coming back, it’s happened to
great players before
“It’s just a horrible feeling [giving the ball away for the
goal] you don’t want to wish it on anyone, even you’re
worst enemy.
“It was a bit of a relief [to assist the equaliser] but I still
feel I’ve given Liverpool a draw, but it was a great game
to play in and both sets of fans were superb."
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