Liverpool continued its decline in the league table despite equalizing 2-2 against leaders Arsenal, in a match in which the Egyptian Mohamed Salah wasted the top scorer. "reds" A penalty kick to freeze his team’s balance at point 44 in eighth place, to continue the path away from being in the golden square and qualifying for the Champions League next season.
Arsenal lost its lead by two goals and tied 2-2 with Liverpool, the owner of the land, and survived the loss in the last moments, but lost two valuable points in the struggle for the English Premier League title today, Sunday, according to Reuters.
As a result of today, Arsenal lost the opportunity to continue its path to enhance its league lead, 8 points ahead of Manchester City, to reach 73 points from 30 games, ahead of City, the defending champion, who has 67 points from 29 games.
Gabriel Martinelli advanced with a goal for Arsenal after 8 minutes, and Gabriel Jesus added the second goal with a header in the 28th minute. Mohamed Salah narrowed the difference for the landlords by following a ball from close range 3 minutes before the break, but in the second half he missed the opportunity to equalize and hit a penalty kick completely outside the goal. But 3 minutes before the end of normal time, substitute Roberto Firmino scored with a close-range header from Trent Alexander-Arnold’s pass.
And in stoppage time, Salah missed a dangerous opportunity from close range, then fired a perfect shot from the right side, which goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdell turned into a corner kick, and his teammate Ibrahima Konate missed an opportunity with his chest as well.
Despite the draw, Liverpool coach Juergen Klopp described the match as "amazing"saying "The performance in the match seemed a bit similar to what happened to us earlier this season. An open game.. completely open, and they score from the first and second positions. "We reacted well. It was a great match in the end. How we didn’t win it with the chances that came in the end.. I really don’t know".
Club added "I’m stuck between being happy and unhappy… "I don’t have tie issues. Arsenal were good but they could and should have lost this match. The point for him is the best result…. "The goal we scored helped a lot. Suddenly, we had the upper hand in a wild game. We deserved a point at least".
