Goodbye to the title, Fight between Salah and Klopp; the fall of Liverpool – 2024-05-01 04:46:54

A two-goal draw in London, which follows their defeat on Wednesday in the Merseyside derby, closes a dark week for Liverpool, which is practically definitively moving away from the fight for the title with a draw that does not serve the team either. West Ham to reactivate their chances of achieving a European place.

Without success and a defense that was too weak, Jürgen Klopp’s team does not seem in a position to offer its coach a farewell in keeping with the period carried out by the coach who returned the ‘reds’ to the top.

At the London stadium, Liverpool reached half-time with 76 percent possession, 11 shots – one of them at Luis Díaz’s post – a penalty not awarded due to a millimeter offside by the Colombian attacker himself and a new adverse score. .

With Mo Salah and Darwin Núñez on the bench, with Luis Suárez as the only threat, Klopp’s team did not find a way to make their football profitable. After the defeat in midweek against Everton, they appeared in London as a disbelieving team, with more will than conviction, and completed another frustrating first half.

Each of West Ham’s few attacks made them tremble, with Jarrod Bowen as the protagonist. The striker, who returned to the eleven after recovering from his back problems, created danger every time he had the ball and scored with a header in the 43rd minute to enter the history of the ‘hammers’; He equaled Paolo di Canio’s record of 16 league goals (1999-2000), becoming the first player since the legendary Geoff Hurts to score against the Reds in three games in the same season.

With more energy and, above all, better luck, Liverpool recomposed their figure after the break, favored by the attitude of David Moyes’ men, who had no other plan than to collect themselves in their area. Andy Robertson equalized at the beginning of the second half, m.48, and between the Dutch Gakpo – who shot – and the ‘hammers’ Ogbonna – to whom he gave the ball -, Soucek – who did not know how to clear on the line – and the Areola’s goal – who put it in the goal – led to the comeback in the 65th minute.

However, not even with the wind in their favor is Liverpool able to close the games, which is bleeding in defense and which allowed a new header goal from Mijail Antonio, twelve minutes later.

Klopp then brought on Salah, with whom he had previously argued on the wing, and Darwin Núñez, but except for Elliot’s shot against the crossbar in the 89th minute, the ‘reds’ did not find a way to break a tie that distanced them almost irremediably. of the title. Which leaves the German coach without a trophy with which to crown his stay at the club that he will leave at the end of the season.

– Datasheet:

2 – West Ham: Areola; Coufal, Zouma, Ogbonna, Emerson; Soucek (Ward-Prowse, m.74), Alvarez, Kudus; Package, Bowen; Anthony.

2 – Liverpool: Alisson; Alexander-Arnold (Gómez, m.79), Van Dijk, Quansah (Szoboszlai, m.91+), Robertson; MacAllister, Gravenberch, Endo (Núñez, m.79); Elliott, Gakpo, Luis Díaz (Salah, m.79).

Goals: 1-0, m.43: Bowen. 1-1, m.48: Robertson. 1-2, m.65: Areola own goal. 2-2, m.77: Antonio.

Referee: Anthony Taylor. He admonished the visitors Endo and McAllister.

Incidents: Match of the thirty-fifth day of the Premier League played at the London Stadium. EFE