Liverpool brushed the glory of conquering the Premier League and dreamed of a surprise for many minutes, but Manchester City’s victory against Aston Villa made the ‘Red’ victory against Wolverhampton Wanderers (3-1) inconsequential.
Jürgen Klopp’s men took the stick of conceding a goal after a serious error by Ibrahima Konaté, who ate a long goal kick from Wolves and allowed Raúl Jiménez to enter the area alone. The Mexican connected from below with Pedro Neto and he put Wolves up 0-1 at Anfield.
Then began the harassment and demolition of Liverpool, who, aware that City was losing at the Etihad, had an unrepeatable opportunity ahead of them.
It didn’t take long for Sadio Mané’s equalizer to arrive, who defined very well in front of the Wolves goalkeeper after a Thiago Alcántara backheel, but then the match got tangled up.
Thiago was injured first, substituted with a bad face and concerned at half-time due to some muscular discomfort, and then Wolves took advantage of ‘Red”s courage to have space on the counterattack.
Raúl Jiménez did not define the clearest, a one-on-one with Alisson that he wasted, and until the final ten minutes Liverpool did not achieve their goal. A bizarre play with a ball saved over the line and that Mohamed Salah had to clinch, who came to the rescue in the second half. A desperate option for Klopp, who did not want to risk the Egyptian, but who had no choice.
The 2-1 came with City already beating Villa, so the celebration at Anfield was subdued, at least among the fans, who knew what was happening in Manchester. With Wolves’ defenses down, Andy Robertson finished off the match, making it 3-1 and putting Liverpool on the verge of ending the season next Saturday against Real Madrid in the Champions League final.
This Sunday the dream of Liverpool’s title poker died, which could not recover the Premier League crown, but still has the opportunity to add its seventh European Cup and close a treble with the League Cup and the FA Cup . EFE
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