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‘Mane was taking Liverpool’, fans SLAM Klopp’s team after Everton draw

September 3, 2022
Bharat Times

Liverpool suffered another disappointing run away from home as Merseyside rivals Everton drew 0-0 on Saturday (3 September). Frank Lampard’s side were denied victory in the second half of the Premier League after a lengthy VAR review in a 0–0 draw with rivals. liverpool, Fans on social suggested Klopp’s team was too dependent on Sadio Mane, the winger who had recently parted ways with the club for Bayern Munich.

Both sides hit woodwork in the first half at Goodison Park, Tom Davies denied straight for Everton, before Darwin Nez and Luiz Diaz both attempted out of the frame of goal for the visitors. The game opened after the break, with Jordan Pickford forcing several good stops in a home goal, while Neil Maupay should have scored from a close on his Everton debut after signing from Brighton & Hove Albion in midweek.

Then came the moment Everton fans have been waiting for, when Connor Cody tapped home on the away post, but the goal was dismissed for offside after a lengthy VAR review with the pandemic coming at Goodison was.

Both sides pressed for a winner, with Everton substitute Dwight McNeil’s deflected shot nearly caught by Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson and Mohamed Salah firing against the post in stoppage time, but the rivals settled for a point each. Had to do

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The stalemate means Liverpool are in fifth place, six points behind leaders Arsenal ahead of their visit to Manchester United on Sunday, while Everton are 14th without a win in their six matches.

Coming into the match after securing back-to-back home victories, Liverpool headed to Goodison, where they had not tasted defeat in the Premier League in 12 years, and were confident of further derby glory.

But even with the big-money season signing Nunez back up front, Liverpool were struggling to get going.

When he made an opening, Liverpool found England goalkeeper Pickford in inspired form, saving Nunez’s effort over the crossbar to save a pick from his first half stop.

Liverpool boss Juergen Klopp threw at the fourth attacker in Roberto Firmino for the second half, with Pickford saving three times in quick succession to deny the Brazilian.

The game started from there. Maupay should have broken the deadlock from close range, firing very close to Alisson, before the striker played a bigger role in the opening goal in the 69th minute than he thought.

Cody thought he had timed his arrival to perfection at back post for his first Everton goal, only to be decided offside in a tight call, much to the delight of fans.

As they did in their dramatic midweek win over Newcastle United, Liverpool thought they had snatched it to death, but Salah’s first attempt once again went straight out, with the superb Pickford touching it.

“It was a real derby, super intense and full of really great moments,” Klopp said. “I think we hit the post three times and there were some incredible saves from Pickford – wow, what can you do?

The stalemate has meant that the Merseyside derby has produced more goalless draws than any fixture in both English top-flight history (36) and Premier League history (12). (with Reuters input)