Liverpool vs West Ham 2-2: Thriller ends in tie; Klopp’s side drop more points in the title chase

Liverpool vs West Ham: This was a fixture where both teams had everything to gain from a win. While Liverpool’s title challenge, which is currently in tatters, could be revived to an extent, for West Ham, placed in 8th spot ahead of this match, a win would have meant making a meaningful movement towards higher spots with a misfiring Manchester United in sight just ahead of them. As for Liverpool, going for a win would have meant leapfrogging Manchester City and jumping into the second spot behind Arsenal again. And since this is Manager Jurgen Klopp’s last season at Liverpool, the team should have had motivation enough to try to go beyond the line of duty to log a win. Of course, even then, going forward, Liverpool’s title chase can only revive if Arsenal or City lose some of their remaining matches. Adding to the woes of Liverpool was that Mohammad Salah and Darwin Nunez have gone off scoring.

That was all before the match. And it is clear now which one of these two teams were the hungrier of the two for a win.

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In what finally turned out to be a thrilling match, the sides battled to a 2-2 draw. Although Liverpool dominated the proceedings, they were just too wasteful of the chances created shooting wide or at the goalkeeper. In effect, if they were already not so, Klopp’s side are truly out of the title race now.

It all started predictably enough with Liverpool dominating in terms of ball possession and Wes Ham United looking to break on the counter-attack. Considering that they have a weak back and an attack that is sharp, the strategy made sense.

It finally paid off with West Ham scoring a sensational goal almost at the end of the first half through Jarrod Bowen in the 42nd minute. A sucker punch!

And it came off sustained pressure just after West Ham came close that Alisson had to contend with. However, afterwards Jarrod Bowen jumped unmarked and headed home from the resulting corner. Conceding the first goal was not something new for Liverpool as the side had done so for the 16th time this season.

However, the second half saw a rejuvenated Liverpool intent on attack. Chances aplenty were created, but they mostly went begging.

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