Con Alexis Mac Allister y Luis Diaz from the start, and with Darwin Nuñez entering the second half, Liverpool could not get past a 2-2 draw against West Ham in London on the 35th date of the Premier League.
The result, which almost definitively distances him from the fight for the title, adds to Wednesday’s defeat in the Merseyside classic against Evertona fact that closes a black week for the Reds.
Liverpool could not break West Ham and they tied 2-2 on matchday 35 of the Premier League EFE
Without success and a defense that was too weak, Jürgen Klopp’s team He does not seem in a position to offer his 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 Díaz 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.
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Each of West Ham’s few attacks made them tremble, with Jarrod Bowen as the protagonist. The striker, who returned to the starting team 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 retreat into 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 goalkeeper Areola – who put him into the goal – led to the comeback in the 65th minute.
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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 a shot from Elliot against the crossbar in the 89th minute, the Reds did not find a way to break a tie that took them almost irremediably away from 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.