El Liverpool ‘fixed’ their bad streak in the Premier with four consecutive pre and post World Cup victories. However, the victories against Tottenham (1-2), Southampton (3-1), Aston Villa (1-3) and Leicester (2-1) did not hide the defensive problems and the doubts of some ‘reds’ that sank in the field of Brentford (3-1).
“This result was coming. In the last two games, especially against Leicester, Liverpool were very lucky. They were winning without being convincing and this was coming for four or five weeks: you have a poor performance, it leaves you luck and you get a loss you deserve. I don’t think this is going to change now or until the end of the season”, he reflected on ‘Sky Sports’ Jamie Carragher after a hard setback with which they said goodbye, definitively, to the Premier.
They were getting victories without being convincing and this has been coming for four or five weeks: you underperform, your luck is running out and you get a loss you deserve. I think this is not going to change now or until the end of the season
In the middle of January and before reaching the middle of the English League, the ‘Pool’ is sixth, outside of Europe, and sees the lead further and further away. They are 15 points behind the leader Arsenal, eight from Manchester City (second) and four from the Champions League zone set by United… with one more game! It has been undone in the league championship with the Champions League round of 16 tie against Real Madrid on the horizon. There are 49 days left to receive Carlo Ancelotti’s team at Anfield, but they cannot be trusted if they do not want to lose sight of the ‘top 4’.
Premier League (J19): Summary and goals of Brentford 3-1 Liverpool
“We can only change our position by winning games. We have to win, but there are many footballers who are not available. You can see it in the changes. This is our situation and nothing else,” said Klopp, annoyed with the refereeing after the 3- 1 from Mbeumo (he asked Konat for a foul) and the performance of his team, especially in defense. The ‘reds’ have been conceding at least one goal per game in the last seven days and have only left their goal to zero in four games out of 17 in the Premier this campaign
We can only change our position by winning matches. We have to win, but there are many players who are not available. You can see it in the changes. This is our situation. there is no more
Besides, the nurse is full. Diego Jota, Luis Díaz, Firmino, Henderson, Milner and Arthur are in the dry dock while others like Konat or Thiago are gradually returning. The signing of Gakpo arrived to ‘solve’ some deficiencies that are taking away his league aspirations. A year ago, after 17 Premier games, they had 40 points. In 2021-22 33, in 2019-20 49, in 2018-19 45… The 28 that add up now are the second worst record of the ‘Klopp era’ after the 24 of 2015-16. They have lost their regularity and reliability. His “full throttle football” and frenetic, fresh pace has ‘turned off’. “People say I’m tired and I’m not,” said the German coach, clearing up the doubts of “mental exhaustion” around his project.
More points lost than in the last Premier
They have lost more than twice as many games (five) than in the 2021-22 Premier (two). They have already left more points (23) than in the entire last League (22)… and there are still 21 games to play! Neither 1-4-2-3-1 nor 1-4-3-3 are solving your problems. Salah, Darwin, Alexander-Arnold, Van Dijk… they are far from their best form. And the Dutchman gave a scare against Brentford, forcing Klopp to replace him at half-time due to muscle problems. Elliott and Tsimikas also left, making three changes at halftime that show their doubts. “We’ve talked about consistency and this kind of thing, but we’re not getting it. We take one step forward and one step back, and it’s hard to climb up the table that way,” Robertson confessed.
The game against Leicester should have been a kick in the ass to say: well, we won but we have to improve. Three days later we repeated a bad performance. We must be more aggressive in our area, more consistent… We have to do it
“The game against Leicester should have been a kick in the butt to say: well, we won but we have to improve. Three days later we repeated a bad performance. We must be more aggressive in our area, more consistent… We have to do it”, said the Scottish winger. Carragher assured ‘Sky Sports’ that “they must spend 200 million to compete for the Premier again” while Klopp pointed out that “they cannot play Monopoly in the market”. Curves are coming at Anfield… and Real Madrid.
