After the defeat against Everton, Liverpool’s chances of winning the Premier League title were seriously compromised in recent days. Now the Reds they tied 2-2 as visitors to West Ham and they seem to have definitively dropped out of the fight with Arsenal and Manchester City. In the middle of the last tie, a scene caught the attention of everyone and everyone: the tense discussion between Jürgen Klopp and Mohamed Salah on the side of the field.
The particular situation occurred seconds before the Egyptian entered the playing field, just after the 2-2 draw of the Hammers by Michail Antonio. The German seemed to reproach the African for something, who responded and made gestures with his arms. The Uruguayan Darwin Núñez, who was part of a triple modification tested by Klopp at that time, had to intervene to dissuade his teammate. The other one who entered the field at that time was Joseph Gomez (Trent Alexander-Arnold, the Colombian Luis Díaz and the Japanese Wataru Endo came out).
In the mixed zone, Salah did not want to stop with the press but left an explosive phrase: “There will be fire here today if I speak”. A journalist asked him: “Fire?”, to which mo He replied: “Yes, of course.” The video was recorded by the Brazilian journalist from ESPN Joao Castelo-Branco, who reported that the 31-year-old forward was somewhat upset because he came on late in the match and that the coach was upset because he took too long to prepare to enter the field.
Regarding the discussion, Klopp responded in TNT Sports: “If I can say what we said? No, but we already talked about it in the locker room. It is done”. Just like I had done in the previous To this match based on the 0-2 against Everton that disappointed him, he opened up about his team’s aspirations: “To be honest, I’m not in the mood to talk about that. We had to win here, we knew it and we didn’t, now we have a little time until the next game. “We will try to prepare the boys again and we will do it again.”
In post-match statements collected by the BBC, the German also expressed: “I am very disappointed, obviously. I think everyone can see that only one team could win the game, and it’s us, with the opportunities we created, with the possession we had, with all the things we did. “It was difficult at the end of a period of four games in 10 days, but I think the players did very well.”
Regarding the alternatives of the match, he expanded: “We simply fit out of nowhere and we need a few more opportunities and some goals at the end to score twice. When we were 2-1 up we were able to control it and still, as I said in many moments, we played very well, but we did not control the situation in the end. “That’s been the story of the last four weeks.”
On the other hand, yesterday Klopp had opened his arms to the supposed replacement he will have on the Liverpool bench starting next season: the Dutchman Arne Slotfrom Feyenoord. “I really like it if he is the one and wants to take the job,” The German mentioned in this regard, who clarified that he is not involved in the appointment of his replacement after announcing that he would say goodbye at the end of this campaign. Little by little, Jürgen is saying goodbye to a job in which he remained for 9 years.
Jarrod Bowen had put the home team ahead at the end of the first half, while with goals from Andrew Robertson and Alphonse Areola against Liverpool, history turned around. At 77′, Antonio achieved parity that would no longer be modified on the London Stadium scoreboard.
How did the English league standings look with this result? Currently, the Premier League has at Arsenal as the only leader with 77 points, followed by Manchester City with 76 and Liverpool with 75. However, the Reds They only have three games ahead, while the Gunners They must play four games and the Citizens five.
THE MATCH SUMMARY
THE AGENDA OF THE END
• Date 35: Tottenham-Arsenal (28-4 at 10.00) and Nottingham Forest-Manchester City (28-4 at 12.30)
• Date 36: Arsenal-Bournemouth (4-5 at 8.30), Manchester City-Wolverhampton (4-5 at 13.30) and Liverpool-Tottenham (5-5 at 12.30)
• Date 37: Fulham-Manchester City (11-5 at 8.30), Manchester United-Arsenal (12-5 at 12.30) and Aston Villa-Liverpool (13-5 at 16.00).
• Pending Date 34: Tottenham-Manchester City (14-5 at 4:00 p.m.)
• Date 38: Arsenal-Everton, Liverpool-Wolverhampton and Manchester City-West Ham
