“Wow!”. That was the reaction Jurgen Klopp he had to face the great goal that he scored Crystal Palacewhich meant the second blow in four days for the Liverpool in Anfieldin this case to complicate it in the fight for the title of the Premier League. Alexis Mac Allister He was very contained and had little gravitation in the 90 minutes on the field of play, which is why he could not make the Reds react, who are bewitched and wasted countless chances to tie.
Eberechi Eze was the author of the goal for the visitors, who finished in 14th place in the table and left Liverpool third, with 71 points (Manchester City has 73) and waiting for what the team does. Arsenal (71), which this noon receives the Aston Villa of Emiliano Dibu Martinez in London and has the chance to be the sole leader.
That goal also took away their unbeaten record at Anfield in the Premier League. Were 28 games in total, because the last loss at home had been in October 2022 against Leeds. In the end, what happened on Thursday Europa League against him Atalanta of Italy (0-3), it had only been a warning.
This Sunday, Liverpool experienced another ‘Crystanbul’, as in 2014, when they lost the Premier League in a 3-3 draw against Palace after leading 0-3. This Sunday he fell inexplicably, after missing numerous scoring opportunities, against the London team (0-1) and disappointment surrounded the fervent Reds fans.
The blow could have been even worse minutes later, when Virgil Van Dijk wanted to honor Steven Gerrard’s terrible slip and fell while chasing Mateta. The forward only reached the one-on-one situation and chipped the ball in front of Alisson. At the goal line and with technology doing its job, Robertson avoided 0-2 by centimeters.
Then came the torrent of Liverpool chances, which had Palace cornered. Endo hit the crossbar in a carom inside the area and Luis Díaz, with scissors, crashed into Dean Henderson after a great cross from Robertson.
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With a missing Mohamed Salah and an ill-advised Darwin Núñez, the truth is that Palace could have scored more goals on the counterattack, but neither Eze nor Michael Olise were inspired and allowed the ‘Reds’ to do even more in the second half.
Then it seemed that there was no way for Jürgen Klopp’s team to score, because they had opportunities of all colors.
Darwin volleyed a loose ball from close range from the six-yard box and crashed into the knee of Henderson, the great hero of the afternoon for Oliver Glasner’s Palace. Szoboszlai left a goal made for Diogo Jota, removing Henderson from the equation and allowing the Portuguese to shoot into an empty goal, with only one defender ahead of him. Inexplicably, Jota threw Clyne’s body and the Palace were saved again.
Meanwhile, the Londoners were able to make it 0-2, but the goal tap was still closed. Mateta, with everything in his favor on a dead ball in the small area, received a save from Alisson, who used his reflexes and cleared the shot with his right glove.
Liverpool returned to the attack, on the counterattack, with Curtis Jones, who stood in front of Henderson and shot wide.
Nobody in Liverpool could explain it, nor could they believe that, already in added time, Mitchell almost accidentally avoided Salah’s 1-1 with a shot again in the small area.
But there was no miracle of a comeback, Liverpool loses steam in the fight for the Premier and is left two points behind City and tied with Arsenal, who still have to play against Aston Villa.
2024-04-14 15:09:00
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