0-2! The Trident was in a slump, Liverpool was completely blown up, and bid farewell to the championship in advance, and Manchester City smiled at the gift

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2024-04-25 05:00Posted in Guangdong Sports Creators

In the Europa League quarter-finals in midweek, Liverpool avenged Atalanta 1-0 away from home, but still exited 1-3 on aggregate and failed to reach the semi-finals as expected. It also means that the fight for the Premier League title is Liverpool's only goal for the rest of the season. Liverpool have a tough game on this matchday, heading away to city rivals Everton, who are only fifth from bottom in the table, but the Merseyside derby is always fierce and the Toffees will not give up three points easily. Salah, Nunez and Luis Dias collectively lost their souls, Branswaite and Calvert-Lewin scored two goals in a row, and Liverpool lost 0-2. The Reds are only one point ahead of Manchester City with two more games, and they are basically out of the title race early.

Jurgen Klopp set up a 4-3-3 formation, with Alisson continuing as the starting goalkeeper, Robertson, Virgil van Dijk, Ibrahima Konate and Trent Alexander-Arnold at the back, Szobosloy, McAllister and Curtis Jones in midfield, and Mohamed Salah, Luis Dias and Nunez joining the front three.

As soon as the referee's whistle blew, Liverpool launched an attack towards the opponent's goal. However, only 5 minutes into the opening period, Robertson's advance on the left was broken, Jack Harrison sent a wonderful pass with the outside instep, and Lewin inserted it to form a single knife, Alisson was forced to put the opponent to the ground, and the referee awarded a yellow card + penalty package. However, VAR signalled for Dominic Lewin to be offside and Liverpool escaped.

In the 13th minute, McNeil's set-piece cross from outside the box was met by Szobosloy and Curtis Jones, and Godfrey responded at the back post with a header from close range. Four minutes later, Jack Harrison's cross from the right was headed in by Tarkovski, Calvert-Lewin relayed the ball to the top, Alisson blocked it in front of the goal line, and Liverpool was in front of the goal.

In the 26th minute, Everton once again threatened through set-pieces, the Liverpool back line was unable to clear the siege, Branswaite pushed in the scuffle, Alisson saved, the ball still crossed the goal line, and the referee verified the goal through VAR, 1-0!

Liverpool conceded goals in 6 consecutive league games, and fell behind 22 times in 30 league games, Klopp was directly angry! In the 37th minute, Liverpool got a good chance to equalize, McAllister sent a wonderful pass from the front of the penalty area, and Nunez shot hard and failed to escape Pickford's ten fingers.

In the 44th minute, Liverpool had another chance to open the scoring, Salah and Nunez headed in succession, but Luis Dias fired hard in front of goal, which was saved by Pickford. At the end of the first half, Liverpool had nearly 80% possession, but the score was 0-1!

After returning to the pitch, Liverpool were eager to equalise, but there were too many mistakes in passing and receiving the ball, and it was delayed. In the 58th minute, McNeil crossed from a corner kick, and Lewin jumped high and flew into the net, 2-0!

With two goals behind, Klopp had to make a desperate bet, and in the 63rd minute, he made three substitutions in a row, with Elliott, Endo and Kwaanza coming on.

In the 70th minute, Luis Díaz ran with the ball on the left side, changed direction in the penalty area and shot straight to the upper right corner of the goal, but was ruthlessly rejected by the post!

In the end, Everton won 2-0 at home and avenged a 2-1 defeat in the first leg. It is worth mentioning that Liverpool is only 1 point ahead of Manchester City in 2 more games, and basically withdrew from the championship ahead of schedule.

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