Time will tell how damaging a 2-2 draw at Old Trafford on Sunday will be to the
“We should have won the game, that is clear,” Klopp said. “As far as I’m concerned, we have a point more than we did before.”
It wasn’t only the prospect of defeat at the home of Liverpool’s fiercest rivals that felt so significant, but the nature of it.
Klopp’s team had totally dominated by raining down shots on United’s goal in a mismatched first half, but only managed to lead 1-0 at the break through Luis Diaz’s goal.
The atmosphere totally changed when
After victories for Arsenal and
That was until Aaron Wan-Bissaka’s reckless lunge at Harvey Elliott led to referee
The draw moved
“You shouldn’t do what we do today constantly, that won’t be enough. Definitely not,” Klopp said.
Klopp said in January that he would step down at the end of the season. He has already led
United has been a bogey team for
Arsenal still has to travel to Old Trafford in the league, but Klopp predicted a similar performance by United would be punished by
“I’m really sorry to say it, but we should have won both games and didn’t. That’s our fault,” Klopp said.
UNITED FIGHTS
A desperately disappointing week had seen his team blow winning positions in stoppage time at Brentford and Chelsea to deliver blows to United’s chances of qualifying for the
While this was another late setback, United’s response to being totally outplayed in the first half will have provided some encouragement to the manager.
“When you put yourself three times in a week in a winning position, just before the end of the game, but then drop points, it is very disappointing,” Ten Hag said.
Pressure is on Ten Hag to salvage a campaign that has failed to live up to expectations. Ratcliffe is overhauling United's soccer operations in an attempt to end its wait for the title, having last lifted the trophy in
That won't happen this year, but Ten Hag could still win the FA Cup with his team playing second-tier
He still has hopes of qualifying for the
“We will keep fighting and we have to do the same and learn from the moments,” Ten Hag said.
LATE DRAMA
On Thursday, it was Chelsea pulling off a late comeback to stun United.
On Sunday, Mauricio Pochettino’s team was on the wrong end of stoppage-time drama as last-place Sheffield United fought back to earn a 2-2 draw at
Chelsea twice squandered the lead after opening the scoring through
While
“Today is not about finding excuses, in the last few minutes we needed to kill (the game), that is the reason we are in the position we are," Pochettino said. “We are scoring and the problem is we are conceding a lot, we are going to keep working and believing."
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
Spurs moved above fifth-place Aston Villa on goal difference and also has a game in hand on its closest rival.
Forest, meanwhile, missed the chance to move further clear of the relegation zone and is above 18th-place
An own-goal from Murillo put the hosts ahead at
But two goals in the space of six minutes from
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