Liverpool closer to the relegation zone than top four after nightmare weekend
Liverpool currently find themselves closer to the relegation zone than they do to the top four after their defeat against Arsenal.
The Reds started the season with ambitions of challenging Manchester City at the top of the Premier League. But those expectations might have to be revised after a beginning to the campaign which has seen Jurgen Klopp's side pick up 10 points from eight matches.
Their latest reverse, at the hands of surprise leaders Arsenal, means they are now mathematically closer to the drop zone than the Champions League places, a scenario that would have seemed impossible just over a month ago. The Reds are six points adrift of Chelsea in fourth but only four points above Wolves in 18th.
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Liverpool fell behind against the Gunners inside 60 seconds, Martin Odegaard taking Trent Alexander-Arnold out of the game with a defence-splitting pass, and finding Gabriel Martinelli who opened the scoring.
Darwin Nunez put the Reds back on level terms midway through the first half, only for Bukayo Saka to restore Arsenal's lead on the brink of half-time. Substitute Roberto Firmino equalised again 10 minutes into the second half before Saka grabbed the winner from the penalty spot after Diogo Jota had fouled Gabriel Jesus.
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Victory moved Arsenal back to the top of the Premier League table and a massive 14 points above Liverpool, who sit exactly halfway down the standings behind Bournemouth and Fulham.
Despite watching his side fall to a third league defeat of the campaign, Klopp didn't seem too disheartened with the result after the match.
"We created, we were really dangerous, we scored our goal, wonderful goal," he said. "Then concede last second of the first half. Obviously we made a mistake, counter attack is the goal. That is our situation, getting to half time knowing we were good in the game but ignoring the result.
"We wanted to carry on the good stuff but unfortunately we didn't do that. We equalised, it was a really open game then. The situation around the penalty of course we should have cleared it. Now I saw it and I think you can imagine I don't think it is a clear penalty, it is a very soft one. I think it is a situation where the referee have another look at it in real time."
He added: "Couple of things went against us but we are not blind, we see we could have done better in moments. In general it was a good away game against a good side. We caused them a lot of problems but stand here with no points."
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