This may be a small sample size of two games, but officially Liverpool's worst start under Jürgen Klopp.
Old next Monday's visit to Trafford and an injured Manchester United already looks like an earthquake for both clubs. In old football, a game like that we knew before the long-running rivalry betweenManchester City and Klopp's side, a streak of two draws in the first two games. A choppy start means nothing in the scheme of things. course.
But football has changed. As evidenced by fact over the past six seasons, top teams seldom lose and even draws are considered significant. The top finishing team only dropped an average of 19 points each campaign.
After an almost complete COVID-19 season without fans, that drops to an average of 17 points per season. It seems extremely careless that, like Liverpool, he dropped four goals in his first two games. Especially when Manchester City signed the world's best goalscorer.
In total, Liverpool have only 13 points left if 17 deductions is the new norm. Sounds like a lot. Effectively they can only lose four games.
That may be why there was so much anguish around Anfield on Monday night when Palace arrived with a decisive game plan and carried it out with ruthless intent. . red card.
That's why when Liverpool were down to 10 men against Palace, there was so much urgency...and how quickly each player focused on the task of United's match shortly afterwards. is. His Harvey Elliott, one of Monday night's better players, summed it up perfectly. "Now we need to make sure we get the three points," he said sternly.
"There were a lot of positives tonight.Much more than the Fulham game, which is a stepping stone for us. Manchester United will always be at their place. It's going to be a tough match. } Images:
AFP via Getty Images)and James Milner were also positive as Liverpool produced at least a lot of games. Of the chances against Palace, even though they squandered most of them who could focus on things. "It's not the best start to the season, but we have to keep playing like the start and end of the game," he said.
"It's a shame, but it's good that you're creating chances in the end. If you're not creating them, it's even worse. , Lewis scored a brilliant goal.”
But perhaps the best reaction came from Jürgen Klopp. "So I'm scoring more points now than I was before the game. I can imagine what articles and headlines and commentaries lead [to], but that's life. So here we go.
With a wry smile, Klopp pointed out that with only two games to go this season, there's not much drama yet to unfold. He might have wisely added that they were 15 points behind City towards the end of January last season. They finished one point behind just three months later.
In that context, it doesn't seem too difficult for him to regain 4 points in 36 games.
