In the last 12 trips to Goodison Park, Liverpool have not lost in the Merseyside derby.
In theory, “The Kop” cannot fail in this confrontation. Host Everton is struggling with the relegation battle, making it difficult to compete fairly with a championship candidate like Liverpool.
Everton played resiliently and created a big shock in the compensation round
However, no one learns the word “suspect”. Coach Jurgen Klopp also did not think that he and his students would fall painfully on this away trip, while the “three-horse race” to the championship was still very intense.
In the context of needing victory to advance, Liverpool once again shot themselves in the foot after losing to Crystal Palace half a month ago.
Darwin Nunez and Liverpool’s attack played ineffectively
As an away team, Liverpool held the ball 77% of the time at Goodison Park and did not once put the ball into the opponent’s net even though the expected goalscoring index reached 2.06.
Unable to score, the powerful away team failed because of inexcusable mistakes by the defense.
Jarrad Branthwaite scored the opening goal for host Everton
In the 27th minute, Everton received a free kick and the Liverpool penalty area became chaotic. Jarrad Branthwaite’s two shots failed to beat the away team’s defense or goalkeeper Alisson Becker, but the ball still rolled across the goal line.
In this situation, midfielder Ibrahima Konate was the one who fumbled the ball back to Branthwaite so Everton’s midfielder had a second chance to finish.
The attack was helpless, the defense was clumsy and Liverpool had to pay the price
Attacked a lot, but Liverpool striker superstars such as Mohamed Salah, Luis Diaz or Darwin Nunez could not score.
Meanwhile, their defense continued to make mistakes leading to the second goal in the 58th minute.
No Liverpool defender stopped Dominic Calvert-Lewin’s header
Trent Alexander-Arnold stood very close to Dominic Calvert-Lewin, but watched helplessly as the Everton striker jumped high and headed home.
Liverpool’s right back could not stop the fierce threat from the opponent and coach Jurgen Klopp was captured by the camera lens smiling bitterly after the second goal.
It seems like everything is over for Liverpool in this match and the whole season in which they have been racing for the championship since the beginning.
Coach Jurgen Klopp was fed up with the bitter defeat
Liverpool’s defeat seems to have given an opportunity to rivals Arsenal and Man City in the championship race. From being rated as the brightest champion at the beginning of the month, after just three weeks, hope has completely collapsed for “The Kop”.
Liverpool’s hopes of winning the championship were almost destroyed
Liverpool is now 4 points behind top team Arsenal with both sides having played 34 matches. They are still temporarily ranked above third-place team Man City with 1 point more but have played 2 more matches than their opponents.
Having been eliminated from the Europa League, having long lost a chance in the FA Cup and now at risk of falling behind in the Premier League championship race, it can be seen that the season has truly ended for coach Jurgen Klopp and his team. .
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