For Everton fans, there's nothing happier than this morning's game.
Won the crucial three points on the road to relegation, which made them basically not worry about the result after being penalized, and this three points were still taken from the city rivals Liverpool.
On top of that, Liverpool are likely to have a season result with a big four as a result of this defeat, just as Jurgen Klopp is about to say goodbye to Liverpool this summer.
While Manchester City and Arsenal have their own problems, it will be even more difficult to expect them to fall behind at the same time without European assignments, thus arching Liverpool to the top of the table again.
A tragic and regrettable outcome, most likely inevitable.
Strictly speaking, the difficulty of this game is actually very clear.
Everton have always caused Liverpool a lot of problems at Goodison Stadium over the past few seasons, and although the results have often been disappointing, it is not difficult to predict how Liverpool will be treated at this stadium.
Especially under the coaching of Sean Dyche, the impact attack created by the physical level has set the tone from the beginning:
If it weren't for the help of the offside line, Liverpool's trouble would have come earlier, and in the opening stage, under the impact of Everton, Liverpool's attack was also carrying out a counterattack:
But as you can see, most of the attack was from the left and it was Robertson's feet.
A rather unfortunate chance came in the 10th minute when Liverpool shifted their attack from the left to the right, and Trent Alexander-Arnold unexpectedly slotted the ball directly behind the defence, but Salah couldn't take it:
It was after this attack that Everton resumed the attack and began to focus on set-pieces:
In the 26th minute, Gueye taught Curtis Jones, who was no longer young, to defend the ball, arch his ass back, and in the atmosphere of the home field, set-pieces came to him:
It was from this set-piece that Everton scored the goal:
Liverpool conceded a little bit along the way, with Trent Alexander-Arnold failing to defend the edge of the box, allowing Everton to develop a second attack, and then McAllister also made a mistake to clear the ball.
Strictly speaking, it's not uncommon for Liverpool to concede goals.
They have conceded first in many games this season, and in most of the previous games they have solved the problem by turning back, that is, attacking, but in recent times, the attack has become less secure.
It's not that they can't create opportunities, they just can't seize them:
In fact, it's not uncommon to miss a chance, and since being knocked out of the FA Cup by Manchester United, the problem has become prominent.
So, the more you get to this point, the more you need to send the most sure player to goal, or create a good opportunity at the feet of the most sure player.
Obviously, Liverpool's most certain player at this stage is Salah, but the problem of Salah with the ball at his feet can only contain the opponent and then let his teammates attack the space on his side has become extremely clear:
Bringing in Szobosloy this season and playing him in the right midfield position until he was injured is a reflection of this usage.
As for getting the chance to Salah's feet, the result remains the same:
On the other hand, Everton's core player Dominic Calvert-Lewin, at the end of the first half when his teammates' fitness gaps, continued to take advantage of the space that appeared when Konate and Van Dijk could not keep up with him:
Of course, the tactical systems of Liverpool and Everton are not the same, and many things cannot be compared like this, but on Everton's side, except for Lewin, all members began to defend to the death, but Liverpool's side is not good, because in addition to the sudden Nunez, Salah cannot participate in the defense normally.
It's a sign that Liverpool has been on for many years, and it's finally a problem that can't be solved in this final year.
Coming back in the second half, Liverpool, who were behind the scoreline, increased their intensity and intensified their attack, and there were some turnarounds, because they did create chances, but they still couldn't take them:
So after withstanding Liverpool's attack, Everton began to develop their own counter-attacks from Salah:
It wasn't the only time, as it was more noticeable in the 56th minute:
It was in this mistake that Everton did not win the ball that eventually developed into McNeil's long-range shot and created a corner, which is why Salah will be next to McNeil.
And in this corner, Liverpool conceded a second goal:
In the replay footage, it can be seen that the first person responsible for conceding the goal is Alexander-Arnold, but it makes no sense to focus on Arnold, because his defensive problems have been around for many years and have exploded last season.
Not being able to score goals by himself is the biggest problem for this Liverpool team that can't defend in the first place.
With two goals down, Liverpool also knew how much trouble they were facing, so they started to push their team, but when Luis Dias hit the post:
Salah's performance went like this:
You could say that Salah is not in good form, with a few men grabbing the ball or something, but none of the key players can dominate a game with even a few threats.
Odegaard has been able to make a few good passes from the perimeter lately, and Salah can't even do that.
This is Salah's biggest problem with the ball at this stage, and beyond that, the inability to take chances, coupled with the inability to regularly participate in the defense in the vast space behind him, will only exacerbate Liverpool's problems at both ends of the pitch, but not solve them.
Years ago, we pointed out Salah's problem.
The reason why he pointed out his problem is that Liverpool is not Manchester City with unlimited resources, nor is it Real Madrid with infinite appeal, in this case, they must learn to cash out their stars in high positions in order to maintain their competitiveness on a regular basis.
However, Liverpool chose to sell Sadio Mane at the time, keeping Salah. Last season was in trouble, the problem has already appeared, and in the end Klopp's change of formation almost completed the turnaround, but in this summer, Szobosloy and McAllister were bought, but there was no money to make up for the back and defenders, so Klopp could only use Endo and Kwansa, and the mines in the backfield were also planted.
As for the front, the fact that Jota can't score when he is exhausted is a sad fact in itself, because when was Jota needed to ensure harvest efficiency at the peak of Liverpool's time?
Today, however, this is the case.
In the end, Liverpool lost to Everton and took the lead in falling behind.
Or arguably, has been left behind.
You could say that they lost to Trent Alexander-Arnold, to Endo and Kwansa, but from a broader perspective, they actually lost to the combination of Klopp's personality traits of cherishing his old subordinates and the Fenway Group's style of tearing down the east wall and making up the west wall.
The result of Klopp's last year can only be said to be fateful. So it was normal for him to choose to jump ship first.