Liverpool relegated to the Premier League

This Saturday, Liverpool fell in the fight for the Premier League title in another match where their worst version in front of goal was to blame for the end of the draw against West Ham (2-2), leaving the match in hands of Arsenal and Manchester City.

Jürgen Klopp’s team comes from a defeat against Everton and several games with many doubts about their game, with the players giving a version of a very low performance and with an ultimatum to continue with the options to win the Premier League, which is already quite complicated.

However, the German coach was surprised to leave Mohamed Salah, Darwin Núñez and Dominik Szoboszlai on the bench, although on the merits of recent games they will no longer be mandatory starters. The issue is that those who have come in his place are not up to the task of being a starter at Liverpool at the moment.

The Reds’ options were once again inspired by Luis Díaz, who was on another level. The full weight of the attacks fell on his boots and although he played a good game, West Ham wanted to tie him down briefly even if that meant leaving Gakpo or Harvey Elliott more free, who again failed and was incompetent.

As if that wasn’t worrying enough, Liverpool, who couldn’t see how they dominated but failed at everything, found themselves behind on the scoreboard before the break. West Ham, who did the damage with very little damage, scored through Bowen on a poorly defended corner kick (43′).

Klopp needed an immediate reaction, but even so he chose not to make any substitutions. He got it. He stepped on the accelerator with his attacks and it had to be Robertson, a winger, who saved an incompetent forward in a combination with Luis Díaz (48′).

Despite the threat that Alisson brilliantly solved with a volley from Emerson, it was Liverpool’s best minute, with enough ease to build up, even if there were still problems in finishing. Furthermore, the return came with an own goal from Soucek after a strange carom (65′).

Liverpool had the hardest thing to do, but they couldn’t sustain it. He took an unnecessary step back and gave up chances for West Ham, who did a lot of damage with little. Bowen took advantage of Quansaj’s poor marking to pass the ball to Antonio, who once again headed the scoreline (77′).

It was then that Klopp decided to bring on Darwin and Salah, even though the cameras caught a loud argument between the Egyptian and the German on the sidelines. Accelerated and in need, Liverpool turned to direct but ineffective attacks. The most obvious one was for Elliott, but fate wanted the ball to hit the crossbar and Liverpool waved goodbye to the Premier League.