Liverpool does not have a good time in this season start of the premier league. In his first three games of the competition he has left more uncertainties than certainties. He still hasn’t won, he’s in 16th place in the standings and his direct rivals take advantage of him.
This Monday, with louis diaz as a starter, the team was overtaken by an effective Man Utd who won at home 2-1, handing the Reds their first loss of the season and, incidentally, the first of all 2022 in the English competition.
It is curious to talk about a crisis in a team as strong as Liverpool, but precisely in such powerful teams there is no time for bad streaks. In the Premier League, a blink can mean losing the title option, even if the championship has just started.
Liverpool is having a bad time. It is full of injuries, starting with the midfielder Thiago Alcantarawhich is perhaps the most important loss that the DT has Jurgen Kloppas it is a fundamental axis of the game of the Anfield team.
In addition to that, Liverpool had the forced loss of its brand new reinforcement, the Uruguayan Darwin Nunez, who was sent off the previous day against Crystal Palace. And all this adds up to the fact that Liverpool is still looking for the best way to fill the void left by Sadio Mané, the figure who left the team this season to go to Bayern Munich.
Diaz’s role
In this scenario, much is expected of the Colombian Luis Díaz, who is not directly responsible for the bad moment, because, in fact, the previous day he was in charge of rescuing a point when he lost against the Crystal Palaceand with a goal.
However, in the match against United, Diaz did not see one. The Colombian received a suffocating brand, he did not find spaces or partnerships, and at an individual level he could not invent one of his usual moves. Diaz played all 90 minutes and the game-defining image of him was a strong tackle he received from the defender Varanawhich lifted him up and left him very sore.
The newspaper ‘Liverpool Echo’ rated Diaz with 6 points. “In a battle royale with Dalot, the striker showed drive and purpose. And an option denied by De Gea at point-blank range,” the newspaper said in the description of the Colombian’s match.
On the situation of the team, the same medium commented: “Before you can talk about what could be achieved this season, the reds must rectify their deficiencies and quickly. If they don’t, their end goals may be trashed before the summer transfer window closes.”
an unknown team
With Cristiano Ronaldo (who only played the last few minutes) and Harry Maguire on the bench, the team coached by Dutchman Erik ten Hag achieved victory with goals from England internationals Jadon Sancho (16) and Marcus Rashford (53).
Liverpool, who had given a very poor image during the first 80 minutes, came close to scoring in a rebound against their goal from Lisandro Martinez which David de Gea deflected for a corner (81).
At the corner kick, Salah took advantage of a rebound from the Spanish goalkeeper and faced with the passivity of the defense cut differences, although without time to look for more. “I don’t have many arguments, we lost the game. Another day, with more conviction than we’re having, we can turn it around. That’s right,” Klopp said at the end of the game.
With this result, United (who had lost their first two games) came out of the standings (14th) and surpassed Liverpool (16th) who, after two initial draws, still did not know the victory and remained already 7 points behind the leader Arsenal and 5 behind its great rival for the title, the Manchester City.
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