The Liverpool chaps
never walk alone at always sold out Anfield Stadium; by playing as locals, they
could not capitalize in their quest of sealing their permanency among the top
four in the overall table.
Those spots
considered of netting a Champions League spot after the end of the campaign but
with today hurtful loss, their chances are looking a bit slim with both
Manchester squads gaining on them.
With 66 points in
fourth place and City with 64 points and United with 63, their advantage will be
by praying that possible draw between these two Manchester titans- resuming
their postponed match to this week in the Derby that bears the city name.
Still this result
really hurts the Liverpool bunch and mainly their Manager Jürgen Kloop who does
not seem to be amazed by the odd results in what seemed to be a sort of easy
matches and affected them in the race to the top.
Alongside a series of
results in the beginning of the second half that the Reds not capitalizing to
the point of not being atop the league instead of the Chelsea Blues nearing to
another crown, despite their recent troubles.
Today’s match at
Anfield should been a win and with the foe in front- Kloop and his bunch became
a bit relaxed after that early goal by Phillipe Couthino and seeing a
continuance in their game by pressing more on the Londoners side to increase
the goal count.
As the saying states,
there is always next year and for sure this Merseyside club will have to open
up its wallet to get the necessary and efficient players to uplift this squad
and this time became a total contender from start to finish of a Premiership
campaign.
Defensively and
offensively, this squad needs to get the ideal players to fulfill and work
around Kloop’s blueprint for a successful campaign like that one when his
contemporary Brendan Rodgers put this club on the brink of a Barclays Shield.
However one thing for
sure this club needs to be more consistent in its matches and never
underestimate, their rivals as the way the Reds did with a high flying Crystal
Palace, this time they did not face off an Everton or WBA.
As the way they did
play the Merseyside Derby with such a passion and high spirits, this time they
flunk in this match despite their opening lead that later they surrendered
before halftime and in the second half they let go definitely.
Especially when your
squad dominates good part of the game stats with a dominant 72.3 percentage of
possession versus 27 of the visitors and out shooting them 2 to 1, we have a
problem and these needs to get a solution by the German.
In addition, the
problems will persist for the Merseyside Boys in the remaining matches of this
campaign whomever they face off and in next campaign, its followers await the
fate of their squad depending on the preseason moves.
At the end, another
loss considered vital and demolishing for a squad looking forward and making it
its top priority of occupying the league top as well winning it, being the
initial aim by this club since they brought the likes of Jürgen Kloop to
Anfield.
With matches left against
Watford and West Ham away and Southampton and Middleborough at home, these will
define the position of the Reds at the end and until next campaign to see if
this time they will make a more firm stand.
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