Liverpool Fails To Return To The Top!!! Know More!

Liverpool failed to collect the three points they needed to return to the top of the Premier League when they drew 0-0 with Everton at Goodison Park. With nine games to go, it’s advantage Manchester City.

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It was the Reds’ seventh stalemate of 2018/19 in the league, their fourth in the last six matches, and only Southampton – with nine – have drawn more top-flight matches this season.

Liverpool’s consistently strong defense meant they never looked like losing the match. The Toffees only had seven shots, in large part due to an imperious display by Virgil van Dijk. It felt like the Dutchman was first to every ball when it came in or around the Reds’ penalty area. Indeed, Van Dijk made 13 clearances, the most he’s made in any match this season.

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In keeping Everton at bay throughout, Liverpool picked up their 17th clean sheet of the league campaign. It’s a shut out tally they’ve only topped five times in the Premier League era, and not since 2008/09. It was also their fifth clean sheet in a row in all competitions, meaning the Liverpool goal has not been breached for 512 minutes.

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The problem is they need to be winning rather than drawing matches, and that hasn’t looked very likely away from Anfield in 2019. Combined with the stalemate at Old Trafford, this result means Liverpool have been scoreless in two away league matches in a row for the first time since the fourth and fifth away matches of Jürgen Klopp’s reign.

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