London. Liverpool dropped points again this Saturday by drawing 2-2 at West Ham, so they almost said goodbye to the Premier League title, a championship that Sheffield United will not play next season, which this Saturday consummated its downgrade.
After two draws and two defeats in five games in the championship, Liverpool has 75 points, while Arsenal has 77 and Manchester City 76, who have one and two more games to play.
“I’m not in the mood to talk about it (the title). We had to win here, we knew it and we didn’t do it,” declared the German coach at the end of the match.
“I’m not really thinking about it. I said we had to win our games and we haven’t. Are they (Arsenal and City) going to lose two or three games? I don’t think so,” added Klopp, who also in the final stretch of the party had a dialectical confrontation with one of its stars, the Egyptian Mohamed Salah.
Dispute between Klopp and Salah
“If I speak I’m going to set everything on fire,” declared the forward in the mixed zone, visibly upset with his coach when he asked him to enter the field in the final stretch of the game.
These statements contrast with those of Klopp, who assured that “everything has been discussed in the locker room and for me it is resolved.”
The calendar also does not invite optimism for the team led by Jurgen Klopp, with matches against Tottenham, Aston Villa and Wolverhampton.
In London, Liverpool had no luck seeing how the VAR denied them a penalty for a slight offside by Colombian forward Luis Díaz, who then ran into the right post of the goal defended by Frenchman Alphonse Areola (40).
And as has happened in recent weeks, his offensive merits were overshadowed by his fragility at the back, especially in set-piece play.
Jarrod Bowen scored a beautiful cross header from a corner (43), reaching 16 goals in the Premier League, 20 counting all competitions.
Liverpool responded with a shot by Andy Robertson (48) from inside the area after a pass from Díaz.
Los Hammers They fell asleep after going through the locker room and in the 65th minute Liverpool scored, with the Dutchman Cody Gakpo hitting a lucky shot that was deflected by two defenders.
But finally a header from Michail Antonio (77), alone in the area, left the Reds without two vital points in the fight for the Premier.
Later, bottom club Sheffield United were beaten 5-1 on their visit to Newcastle and certified their relegation to the Championship, just one season after having been promoted to the elite.
New setback for United
They have only 16 points in their locker after having played 35 games, ten points less than the current first team out of the burn, Nottingham Forest (17, 26 points), which has only played 34 games.
The team led by Chris Wilder cannot therefore mathematically leave the red zone before the end of the calendar.
Their executioner of the day, Newcastle, reinforced their seventh position and is just one point behind sixth, Manchester United, who drew 1-1 this Saturday at Old Trafford against the penultimate, Burnley (19, 24 points).
Brazilian striker Antony opened the scoring in the 79th minute, but the Clarets They equalized through the Swiss Zeki Amdouni, from a penalty (87).
Luton, the first team to decline (18, 25 points), suffered its fourth defeat in the last five games, this Saturday against Wolverhampton (2-1).
Los Hatters They remain one point less than Nottingham Forest, host of Manchester City on Sunday.
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– 2024-05-02 23:38:11
