Liverpool lost points again on Saturday at West Ham (2-2) and probably gave up on the title in the English league, with three matches remaining to play for the “Reds“.
With two draws and two defeats in the last five championship matches, the “Reds” have 75 points, behind Arsenal (1st, 77 pts) and Manchester City (2nd, 76 pts) who respectively have one and two more matches to play.
The calendar does not encourage optimism, moreover, for the supporters of “Reds” with final meetings against Tottenham, Aston Villa and Wolverhampton.
In the first half, Liverpool were unfortunate with a penalty canceled by the VAR due to a slight offside by Luis Diazthen an uncrossed shot from the Colombian winger repelled by the right postAlphonse Areola (40e).
And as is often the case at the moment, these offensive setbacks were punished by the opening of the opposing score, again from a set piece, one of the defensive Achilles heels of the “Reds” this season.
West Ham quickly took a corner, Mohammed Kudus centered and Jarrod Bowen scored with a nice uncrossed header (43rd, 1-0) his 16th goal of the season in the Premier League, the 20th in all competitions.
Liverpool’s strength, however, lies in its ability to react, and this allowed it to equalize just after half-time with a lackluster strike fromAndy Robertson placed out of reach of Areola (48th, 1-1).
THE “Hammers” often fish at the start of the second half and the visitors took advantage of it a second time, a full quarter of an hour later, with luck.
At the far post on a corner, Cody Gakpo shot towards the goal despite a sea of players, the ball was deflected by two defenders then Areola (65th, 1-2).
The French goalkeeper, back from injury and starting for the first time in a month, has nothing to reproach himself for in this regard. Under the eyes of Franck Raviotthe goalkeeper coach of the France team, he then multiplied the decisive interventions.
And his attackers took over to equalize: Bowen delivered a perfect cross for the header Michael Antonioleft too alone in the area (77th, 2-2).
