For a while, Liverpool were in for all the possible season silverware, but in the end, they could only stay on the League Cup they already won and wave Jurgen Klopp goodbye with a minor trophy.What has happened to the Reds over the last four days is up for serious analysis. Atalanta dismantled them at Anfield, then Crystal Palace won and probably brought the championship race in England to a close, which is even more certain after Arsenal’s humiliation by Aston Villa, while Klopp himself does not seem to know what has hit the team…”This one feels really, relly rubbish.” was the first thing the German said into the Sky Sports microphone after the game. “I need time to process that. This is our second defeat in a row at home, something we are not used to. We have to work and we will work on ourselves, but I can’t say here now how this is the turning point of the season for us. I don’t feel that it is like that now, but maybe it will be tomorrow.”Arteta: We should have scored five, if this defeat disturbs us we are not strong enoughKlopp has made it very clear that Liverpool have nothing to look forward to in the title race if they continue to do the things that happened in the opening 45 minutes against Palace or the whole game against Atalanta…”If we play like we did in the first half, why would we win the league? Play like the second half and we can win games, be in the race until the end and see where it takes us.”He shifted the responsibility to the team, which made too many bad moves in the first half.”When you concede a goal in that way, with a player who is completely free in our box, it must not happen. Never. We had to react better. Crystal Palace didn’t have many chances after that goal and we controlled the game. We looked better down the stretch. Trent’s entry changed the structure of the game. We caused them problems, had great chances. We could have won 4-1, but we didn’t”.Horror week keeps crushing Liverpool’s dreams! Eze destroys Reds’ title hopesIt seems Liverpool have not yet recovered from the Europea League embarrassment on Thursday.”It looks that way. If you look at what we did in previous years, you would say that we played good high pressing. Now we were too open in the defensive end. Curtis Jones was the only one trying to ‘kill’ their rhythm. This was all human reaction. We were not focused, there was too much space between the players. The backline was too deep, the midfield seemed to be non-existent, and our offensive players were not pressing in defense. It’s all true.”Liverpool and Arsenal are now two points behind Manchester City, who have 73. The Reds first visit Atalanta, and then until the end of the season, they will visit Fulham, Everton, West Ham, and have Tottenham at Anfield. Then comes the visit of Aston Villa and then Wolverhampton. Arsenal faces Bayern, then Wolverhampton in the championship, and then welcome Chelsea. Then, they face Tottenham, Bournemouth at the Emirates, Manchester United at Old Trafford, and Everton at home to finish the campaign.##NAJAVA_MECA_8035826##City are awaiting for Real Madrid, then Chelsea, then they go to the feet of Brighton and Nottingham Forest and then Wolves come to Etihad. In the finish, visits to Fulham and Tottenham follow, and West Ham at home, which closes the Premier League. It really does seem like the easiest schedule…
