Harry Redknapp branded his QPR side ‘naïve’ and launched a mean attack on absent Adel Taarabt – calling the Morroccan fat and lazy, according to the daily mail.
Redknapp blasted Taarabt as he explained his omission from the team, saying: ‘He’s not injured. He’s not fit. He’s not fit to play football unfortunately. He played in a reserve game the other day and I could have run about more than he did.
‘I pick people who want to try, who come in every day and work, train and show a good attitude. When he starts doing that, if he ever can, maybe he’ll get a game. I can’t protect people who don’t want to run and train, and are about three stone overweight.’
‘What am I supposed to say? Keep getting your 60, 70 grand a week and don’t train?’
Redknapp twice watched his side throw away a point in a frantic period of injury time at Loftus Road.
He was livid with his side’s defensive discipline in the final minute of injury time, as Liverpool scored the winner on a quick counter attack after Leroy Fer had wasted a QPR free-kick.
‘It was a bit of naivety,’ said Redknapp. ‘When you have a free-kick in shooting range you have to decide what to do.
‘There’s no point getting loads of men forward if you’re going to shoot, as you’ll get caught at the back.
‘You have to get organised, and not get done on the counter-attack.’
Despite the loss, Redknapp, who lost Sandro (groin) and Nedum Onuoha (hamstring) to injuries, was optimistic about his side’s display.
The QPR manager’s position has been the subject of speculation in recent weeks, but he said: ‘There isn’t anyone who could do any better here than me.’