#百家观赛团#
In the early morning of April 25, Beijing time, in a make-up match in the 29th round of the 2023/24 Premier League, the second leg of the Merseyshire derby was staged, and Everton sat at the home stadium Goodison Park to face the city's rival Liverpool. In the game, in the first half, Liverpool's defense made collective mistakes, Konate made an own goal for Branthwaite, Nunez missed a single knife, Liverpool temporarily 0-1 Everton, and in the second half, McNeil assisted Calvert-Lewin from a corner kick, Luis Dias hit the post, and finally Liverpool 0-2 Everton, three points away from the top Arsenal, and one point ahead of Manchester City, which has two games less.
As the draw with Manchester United in the 32nd round became the turning point of Liverpool's title race this season, Liverpool was killed by Eze after failing to attack Crystal Palace at home, and at the same time losing the upset, he gave up the top position and lost the three-point lead, which made Klopp's title race in a passive situation. Although they beat Fulham away from home, they were overpowered by Arsenal in the standings.
Compared with Liverpool, Everton has been suppressed by Liverpool in the Premier League era, this season Everton was deducted 8 league points for violating the financial rules of the Premier League, causing Everton to fall into the relegation zone for a time, and now Everton has won two consecutive home games against relegation rivals, successfully grabbing points at the same time, temporarily escaping the relegation zone, and the hope of relegation has increased greatly.
The match between Everton and Liverpool is the most famous Merseyside derby in English football, as the two teams are bitter rivals, and Everton's most important Premier League game of the season is the two-legged derby against Liverpool. Jurgen Klopp has won just two games at Goodison Park since taking charge, drawing five, after failing to win away at Everton in four consecutive seasons.
At the beginning of the game, in the 6th minute, Jack Harrison picked a pass, Lewin had a single chance to enter the penalty area, Alisson saved Lewin when he pounced, the referee awarded a penalty for the first time, and showed Alisson a yellow card, and then VAR intervened, Lewin was offside, the penalty was canceled, and the yellow card was cancelled. In the 27th minute, Everton had a free kick opportunity in front, Branswaite's header was cleared in front of the goal, Liverpool cleared not far from many times, Konate stabbed the ball to the opponent's feet in the chaotic battle in front of the goal, Branthwaite pushed directly and was saved by Alisson, the ball hit the inside of the post or bounced into the goal, Everton 1-0 Liverpool.
In the 35th minute, McAllister made a through ball and Salah cushioned the ball directly to Nunez, who had a one-on-one shot saved by Pickford. In the 44th minute, Alexander-Arnold picked up a cross into the box, Salah headed back, Nunez crossed again, and Luis Dias's shot was blocked by Pickford. In the 58th minute, Everton had a corner kick opportunity, McNeil drove the ball to the back post, and Lewin jumped high to head the goal, Everton 2-0 Liverpool.
Looking at the post-match statistics, Everton had just 23% possession and 6 of the 16 shots on target, while Liverpool had 77% possession and 7 of the 23 shots on target. After this campaign, Liverpool have 74 points and Everton 33 points.
According to the fixtures, Liverpool have four games to play, away at West Ham United, at home to Tottenham, away to Aston Villa and then at home to Wolves. Tottenham Hotspur and Aston Villa are the top four teams this season, and both teams are in the hunt for a place in next season's Champions League, and Liverpool are likely to drop points. Jurgen Klopp is now caught between the two ends, and in addition to ensuring that he wins all four rounds, it will be too difficult to expect Arsenal and Manchester City to make mistakes to win the title.