The favorites stumble: Liverpool missed leap to the top of the table

The favorites stumble
Liverpool missed leap to the top of the table

In the battle for the English championship, many of the favorites are falling short: Almost all of the top ranked teams cannot win their games on this match day. Liverpool also lamented the absence of an important offensive player for weeks.

Team manager Jürgen Klopp and defending champion Liverpool FC failed to take advantage of league leaders Tottenham Hotspur's mistake and missed the leap to the top of the English Premier League. The Reds only scored 1: 1 (0: 1) at the newly promoted Fulham FC and thus remain tied behind their competitors in second place.

Mohamed Salah gave the Reds a point in London with a converted hand penalty in the 79th minute. Bobby De Cordova-Reid had put the strong climber in front of almost 2000 fans in the 25th minute at Craven Cottage Stadium. Fulham had good chances, especially in the first half. Liverpool struggled with the fast-paced game of the hosts, who have only won two games. In the end, the result was appropriate to performance. Before that, there had been another personal setback for Klopp: The most recently accurate Portuguese Diogo Jota is out for weeks due to a knee injury.

Undefeated in eleven games, Spurs took the lead with a goal from Harry Kane in the 23rd minute, but conceded the late equalizer by Jeffrey Schlupp in the 81st minute. In the closing stages, Tottenham had a chance of scoring the winning goal, but failed several times against the quick-reacting Palace keeper Vicente Guaita, who shone with a few saves.

Southampton clearly beats bottom of the table

In the Champions League, Chelsea were first in the group to reach the knockout phase, and in the league they lost after nine unbeaten league games. The team of the German national players Timo Werner and Kai Havertz lost 0: 1 (0: 1) at FC Everton. The former Hoffenheim Gylfi Sigurdsson scored the winning goal for Everton with a penalty kick in the 22nd minute in front of 2,000 spectators at Goodison Park.

The former Bundesliga coach Ralph Hasenhüttl, on the other hand, continued the flight with FC Southampton. His team prevailed 3-0 (1-0) against Sheffield United, who had not yet won, and are still on a Champions League spot with 23 points. The goals were scored by Che Adams, Stuart Armstrong and Nathan Redmond.

Four days after losing the Champions League, record champions Manchester United also missed a sense of achievement. In the derby against runner-up City, the Red Devils had to be satisfied with a 0-0 win in the 151st league duel at Old Trafford. Last Tuesday, United lost 3-2 at Bundesliga club RB Leipzig and was relegated to the Europa League. City, on the other hand, made it into the round of 16 as group winners. The team of the former Bayern coach Pep Guardiola has been unbeaten in six competitive games, but is also clearly lagging behind its own claims in the championship.

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