{"id":38,"date":"2020-03-06T16:00:12","date_gmt":"2020-03-06T16:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/plrblog\/?p=38"},"modified":"2020-03-04T23:38:09","modified_gmt":"2020-03-04T23:38:09","slug":"liverpool-loses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/plrblog\/2020\/03\/06\/liverpool-loses\/","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool Loses!!!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Liverpool’s Manager, Klopp, left in disarray following his team’s performance<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The unexpected 3-0\ndefeat for Liverpool F.C. at the hands of 19th place Watford was the Premier\nLeague’s story of the weekend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The loss is the first\nfor Jurgen Klopp’s men during the 2019-20 campaign, having picked up 26 wins\nand a draw so far this season. The match featured the rise of Ismaila Sarr,\nWatford\u2019s Senegalese forward who put the Reds to the sword twice in the second half.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After scoring a tap in\noff of a poorly defended throw-in in the 54\u2019, Sarr chipped Allisson and doubled\nWatford’s lead in the 60\u2019. Troy Deeny killed the fixture in the 73\u2019 after Trent\nAlexander-Arnold’s poor back pass was intercepted by Sarr, who found the\nEnglishman for his sixth goal of the season. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sarr wheels off celebrating leaving Liverpool defenders out of focus<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

It was a quality\nperformance for Watford, but in reality, it looked as though the Liverpool\nplayers’ legs had tired from carrying the 44-game unbeaten streak. They missed\nthe serene presence of Joe Gomez at Centre Back, and Alexander-Arnold was\ncaught pulling his socks up before giving up the first goal. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Reds also missed\nJordan Henderson, who was replaced by Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, who couldn\u2019t\nshore up the midfield. Dejan Lovren deputized in place of Gomez and didn’t\ncover himself in glory during the first goal, letting the ball bounce in front\nof his man and over his head. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Watford’s forward line\nhad a strong showing but face questions going forward after the distressing\ninjury of Gerard Deulofeu, who ruptured his ACL and Meniscus as a result of a\nhard tackle from Virgil Van Dijk. Deulofeu will have exploratory surgery in\nSpain in the coming weeks, and he is expected to be out for at least six\nmonths, according to the BBC<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Deulofeu needed to be put on oxygen as a result of the horrific knee injury<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The loss means that\nLiverpool’s unbeaten streak comes to an end at 44 games, five off the pace set\nby Arsenal’s Invincibles in 2004-05. It also means they failed to secure a\nrecord 19th straight win, leaving them on top with Pep Guardiola and Manchester\nCity’s 18 game streak in 2019. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Liverpool also fell to\nChelsea in the FA Cup on Tuesday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

They’ll face Atletico Madrid’s one-goal lead in a Champions League second leg at Anfield in the near future.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It will take a lot to move on in Europe, but the Reds look assured in the Premier League, with a 22-point lead on second-place City. They’ll face Bournemouth in the league at the weekend in what is now a crucial tie in order to right the ship and exert their dominance that they\u2019ve shown all season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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