Jürgen Klopp and Liverpool FC missed a win in the 237th Merseyside derby against Everton FC. Despite being in the lead twice, the English soccer champions had to settle for a 2: 2 (1: 1) at their eternal rival and remained without a win for the second time in a row. With ten points from five games, the Reds are further behind the undefeated leaders (13) from the immediate vicinity.
13 days after the humiliating 2: 7 clap at Aston Villa, Liverpool started furiously in the empty Goodison Park: Sadio Mané took the lead in his first game after surviving corona infection in the third minute. Because Virgil van Dijk had to leave the field early after a red worthy foul by Everton goalkeeper Jordan Pickford with a possibly serious knee injury, Everton got better into the game and also equalized with a header from Michael Keane (20th).
After the break, superstar Mohamed Salah (72nd) gave the guests the lead again with his 100th competitive goal for the Reds. But that wasn’t enough to win, to the annoyance of Liverpool, because Dominic Calvert-Lewin (81st) equalized again with his seventh goal of the season. Calvert-Lewin scored in the fifth Premier League game.
Shortly before the end, Richarlison saw the red card after a rough foul on the former Bayern player Thiago. Liverpool’s anger worsened in stoppage time, as Jordan Henderson (90 + 3) scored the alleged winning goal, but according to the video assistant, the hit did not count because of the alleged offside position by preparer Mané. Klopp couldn’t understand the tight decision when studying the pictures, but praised his “dominant” team at BT Sport: “I saw a very good performance. I would be even happier if we had won, but I wanted to see a reaction. “
Liverpool remained unbeaten in the 24th duel “red against blue” in a row, the last defeat against Everton was ten years ago (2-0 on October 17, 2010). The “Toffees” had all won the first seven competitive games of the season – only in 1894/95 there was a better series (eight wins).
Despite the first Premier League goals by the German national team Timo Werner and Kai Havertz, Chelsea missed a home win against Southampton FC. At 3: 3 (2: 1), coach Frank Lampard’s team only gambled away the victory in stoppage time. Werner had previously scored two goals (43rd / 57th minute) against the team of his former trainer at RB Leipzig, Ralph Hasenhüttl. After Danny Ings (43rd) – after Havertz lost the ball – and Che Adams (57th), Havertz (59th) shot the Blues back into the lead after the guests from Southampton were temporarily equalized. But the former Gladbacher Jannik Vestergaard (90. + 2) equalized shortly before the final whistle.
Chelsea showed great weaknesses in defense. In particular, the controversial goalkeeper Kepa, who played for the injured Eduard Mendy, made serious mistakes again and made a significant contribution to the goals against. The two German goalscorers of Chelsea FC moved from the Bundesliga to the Blues in the summer. Werner came to London for around 53 million euros from RB Leipzig, Havertz for around 100 million euros from Bayer Leverkusen. Both newcomers had already scored in the league cup, Havertz even three times in one game.
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