less than a month ago, Liverpool was the only team in England that was in the race to win the four titles of the seasonafter lifting the League Cup. Today, probably He has just said goodbye to the last one he had left with the Premier League. The historic defeat against Everton 2-0 with the goals of Jarrad Branthwaite and Dominic Calvert-Lewin At a pending intersection on the 29th, it took him away from the fight and the Manchester City can displace him from second place this Thursday if he achieves a victory against Brighton as a visitor.
Initially, the match was to be held on the third weekend of last month, but the participation of the Reds in the FA Cup forced the postponement of merseyside derby. There began the beginning of the end. The defeat in Old Trafford against Manchester United 4-3 in overtime on March 17 knocked him out of the competition in the quarterfinals and began a nightmare that ended with his third fall in the last five games (two victories) added to their surprising elimination in the same instance of the Europa Leaguewhere he was favorite for the title, against Atalanta.
The aggravating factor of this news speaks of the present of a team that, precisely, had its temperance as its main asset to reverse adverse results at the beginning of the course. He was never able to overcome the crosses when he started losing in the trio of defeats, two of them at home, and he could not score goals either.. In that sense, the last setback was not just another one: it was the first defeat of Jurgen Klopp in Goodison Park (two wins and five draws), stadium of their opponent, and Everton’s first victory against Liverpool at home in 14 years in the Premier League.
According to the statistician Mister Chipthe last joy of the Toffees with his people it happened on October 17, 2010 by 2-0. The authorship of the goals has a deep relationship with the present because they were scored by Tim Cahill and Mikel Artetathe latter current coach of the Arsenal, leader of the Premier League with 77 points: “This ends what was, until today, the longest current streak of a local team without beating a certain rival in the Premier League.” He did not reach Manchester United’s record of 23 unbeaten games in Birmingham against Aston Villa between 1996 and 2022.
The preponderance of Derby It marked the pulse of the race towards the title and Everton fans took advantage of the positive score to mock the rival who monopolized the newspapers during the nine seasons of Kloop’s cycle. With the defeat consummated for Alexis Mac Allister’s team (he played all 90 minutes), a chant began to be heard coming down from the stands with a clear recipient: “You lost the league at Goodison Park”. It was the club’s second victory against the German coach’s Liverpool. The only joy had occurred in February 2021, also 2-0 in Anfield.
At a press conference, the driver of the Reds He apologized to the fans and stated what his team requires to have a minimum of hope in the championship: “We need a crisis at City and at Arsenal, and we need to win football games. If they start losing all their games and we do what we did tonight, then nothing will change”.
“I really feel for the people. Very sorry. I don’t have any good thoughts at all. Very disappointed and frustrated. It wasn’t good enough. We let the game develop as Everton wanted. The second goal? I’m pretty sure we could have defended it better. It was not the most inspired performance of all time,” he declared.
Liverpool finished second in the Premier League (74 points), but Manchester City (73) can surpass it this Thursday from 4 p.m. (Argentine time) in another postponed crossing. It should be noted, the Citizens They are the only ones on that list who still have an asterisk against Tottenham, which will be played in the week prior to the last date. If he wins all the games from here to the end, he will be champion.
With a record of four wins, four losses and a draw in the last nine games, Liverpool will seek to put the loss of the classic in the hands of Everton behind them this Saturday morning, when they face the West Ham in London from 8:30 (Argentine time). On the other hand, Everton moved away from the relegation spots and was in 16th place with 33 points, 8 behind the last one to be relegated (Luton Town), and also this Saturday they will face Brentford at home from 1:00 p.m.: 30.
What rivals do Arsenal, Liverpool and Manchester City have left in the Premier League?
Arsenal (77 points): Tottenham (V), Bournemouth (L), Manchester United (V) and Everton (L)
Liverpool (74 points): West Ham (V), Tottenham (L), Aston Villa (V) and Wolverhampton (L)
Manchester City (73 points): Brighton (V), Nottingham Forest (V), Wolverhampton (L), Fulham (V), Tottenham (V) and West Ham (L)
* V: visitor
* L: local
