Liverpool clinging to West Ham (2-2) almost says goodbye to the title

With two draws and two defeats in the last five league matches, the “Reds” have 75 points, behind Arsenal (1st, 77 pts) and Manchester City (2nd, 76 pts) who have respectively one and two more matches to go. argue.

The calendar does not encourage optimism, moreover, for supporters of the “Reds” with final meetings against Tottenham, Aston Villa and Wolverhampton.

In the first period, Liverpool were unhappy with a penalty canceled by the VAR due to a slight offside by Luis Diaz, then an uncrossed shot from the Colombian winger repelled by the right post of Alphonse Areola (40th).

And as is often the case at the moment, these offensive setbacks were punished by the opening of the opponent’s score, again from a set piece, one of the defensive Achilles heels of the “Reds” this season.

West Ham quickly took a corner, Mohammed Kudus crossed and Jarrod Bowen scored with a nice uncrossed header (43rd, 1-0) his 16th goal of the season in the Premier League, the 20th in all competitions.

Liverpool’s strength, however, lies in its ability to react, and this allowed it to equalize just after half-time on a lackluster strike from Andy Robertson placed out of Areola’s reach (48th, 1-1 ).

The “Hammers” often fail at the start of the second half and the visitors took advantage a second time, a full quarter of an hour later, with luck.

At the far post from a corner, Cody Gakpo shot towards the goal despite a sea of ​​players, the ball was deflected by two defenders then Areola (65th, 1-2).

The French goalkeeper, back from injury and starting for the first time in a month, has nothing to reproach himself for in this regard. Under the eyes of Franck Raviot, the goalkeeper coach of the French team, he then made a number of decisive interventions.

And his attackers took over to equalize: Bowen delivered a perfect cross for the head of Michail Antonio, left too alone in the area (77th, 2-2).