Arsenal rushes away in the table
Thiago’s foul plunges Klopp’s Liverpool deeper into crisis
10/09/2022 7:34 p.m
Liverpool FC is losing more and more ground to the top spots in the Premier League. In the top game against Arsenal, Jürgen Klopp’s team is on an equal footing, but a bitter foul by Thiago ensures the decision in favor of the “Gunners”.
Team manager Jürgen Klopp has suffered another setback in the English Premier League with Liverpool FC. The struggling runners-up lost 2: 3 (1: 2) at leaders FC Arsenal and, in tenth place, are now six points behind the Champions League ranks. The Gunners at the top are even 14 points away.
Goals from Darwin Nunez (34′) and Roberto Firmino (53′) weren’t enough for Klopp’s team. Gabriel Martinelli (1st) and Bukayo Saka (45th + 5th, 76th / penalty kick) shot Arsenal to their eighth win in nine games. Liverpool can only dream of such a record: The Reds have only two successes to their credit. Next Sunday we will also face champions Manchester City with Torgarant Erling Haaland.
After falling behind early on, when Martinelli took advantage of the first opportunity, Liverpool reacted strongly: new signing Nunez, at least unlucky so far, converted a cross from Luis Diaz to equalize. But a little later the Reds were behind again. After a counterattack, the English international Saka was allowed to finish free-standing.
Arsenal now remained the more dangerous team and pushed for the third goal. Martin Ödegaard (50th) missed a good chance – on the other side, in the middle of this phase, the former Hoffenheim Firmino scored to make it 2-2. Klopp’s side had no answer to the second goal from Saka, who converted a penalty after a foul by Thiago with nerves of steel.