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Jürgen Klopp made no secret of how stinky it was. On every camera that filmed the Liverpool FC world manager, he prayed similar words. “We don’t live in the land of dreams and we don’t just win football matches because we want to win them. We have to work for it, seize opportunities and play passes at the right time,” said the German after the strange 1: 1 (1: 0 ) before the relegation candidate. West Bromwich Albion.
Of course, these games on the road to defending their English Premier League title are normally planned as a win over the champions, but the draw is not a major issue for Liverpool. The Reds continue to lead the table with 32 points. “It’s not my first day on the job, we should have won the game,” Klopp said then added: “In the end we only played a draw, that can happen.”
It also happened because Liverpool left the newly formed underdog alive. Only two of Liverpool’s 17 shots came on target, although the locals had been far superior in the first round. Sadio Mane’s beautiful opening goal (12th), which defender Joel Matip had put into the penalty area with a brilliant spark ball, was one of the few convincing actions.
However, Klopp should have been angry, mainly because of the second half, in which West Brom played more bravely under the guidance of his new coach Sam Allardyce and won the point late through Semi Ajayi (82), whose header unfortunately he went off the pole over the line.
Another humor killer for Klopp: in the 60th minute, the former Schalke Matip had to leave due to adductor problems and will likely be out on Wednesday (9pm) at Newcastle United. “We can’t change that and we have to move on,” said Klopp, who is already losing injured central defenders Virgil van Dijk and Joe Gomez. Overall a used afternoon.
