Van Dijk expressed disappointment – Photo: REUTERS
Before kickoff, Liverpool lost two of the team’s best strikers, Diogo Jota and Cody Gakpo, at the same time. Specifically, Jota was injured and had to rest for 2 weeks. And Gakpo couldn’t play because his girlfriend gave birth.
Therefore, coach Klopp was forced to use the star duo with poor performance recently, Salah and Nunez. And both once again disappointed the German teacher.
But before criticizing the home team’s strikers, Liverpool fans must shake their heads in dismay at the team’s poor defense.
Everton entered the match with determination in the Merseyside derby, and continuously caused the away team’s defense to stagger. After many attacking efforts, Everton opened the scoring in the 27th minute.
Branthwaite scored the opening goal – Photo: REUTERS
From a high ball situation, Arnold did not head the ball strong enough, giving the opponent a chance to put the ball into the penalty area. A series of Liverpool players missed the ball. And then midfielder Branthwaite arrived in time to defeat goalkeeper Alisson.
After this defeat, Liverpool attacked with all their might. But then opportunities continued to pass before Nunez and Salah’s shoes.
Missing many opportunities, Liverpool continues to pay the price. From a corner kick, Calvert-Lewin jumped high and headed home to double the gap for Everton in the 58th minute.
Arnold was the one who made a mistake in this situation by not marking the opposing striker. But Arnold is not the only one to blame.
Both of Liverpool’s tall centre-backs, Van Dijk and Konate, were constantly defeated in aerial combat situations.
Calvert-Lewin celebrates a goal – Photo: REUTERS
The rest of the match was just Liverpool’s hopeless attacking efforts. Luis Diaz is the best player on the away team. But he could only bounce the ball off the post in a breakthrough attempt.
In the end, Liverpool lost the match with a score of 0-2 and remained stagnant with 74 points. They are currently 3 points behind top team Arsenal with a huge goal difference.
Although Man City is ranked 3rd, it is only 1 point behind Liverpool and has 2 matches left to play. If they win all 2 matches, Man City will be 5 points ahead of Liverpool.
The chance to win the championship in theory still exists for Mr. Klopp’s teachers and students. But with poor performance recently, Liverpool even faces the risk of being kicked out of the top 4. Tottenham – the 5th ranked team, although 14 points behind Liverpool, also played 2 fewer matches.
Mr. Klopp’s destination 
