At least he stopped short of saying he was good.
Dejan Lovren has suggested that he was made a scapegoat for Liverpool’s poor season just gone.
The former Southampton centre back arrived for £20m at Anfield but endured a tough debut campaign under Brendan Rodgers.
And, as the mistakes piled up and the jokes kept coming, Lovren admits that he knows what was said about him, but that he wasn’t to blame for the overall disappointment.
“I wasn’t quiet last season, I just wanted to concentrate on myself,” he said. “I knew what was happening, how I was playing was not right and I didn’t want to speak about it.
“At Southampton it was different. There was a good atmosphere and I was happy. If I am not playing well, I cannot be happy. I didn’t pretend.
“But it is not Dejan Lovren-Liverpool, you know? I cannot defend all alone. It is 11 players. When we are good, everyone is good.
“When we are bad, everyone is bad, not just me. I think we need to look like this, not just put the pressure on me or point the finger. I don’t agree with this.”
But, you know, he certainly didn’t help.
