Watford (dpa) - Coach Jürgen Klopp has suffered the first Premier League defeat of the season with Liverpool - and what a.
The previously undefeated English league leader embarrassed himself and surprisingly lost 0: 3 (0: 0) to relegation candidate Watford, who had previously occupied the penultimate place in the table. Ismaila Sarr (54th / 60th minute) and Troy Deeney (72nd) met at Vicarage Road for a deserved victory for the blatant outsider Watford, creating a sensation.
Watford could have won even higher, but missed more good chances. Liverpool had won 26 times in 27 games before. Before Watford, only Manchester United scored a point against the Klopp team on 20 October 2019 when they drew at Old Trafford.
After previously 18 league victories in a row, which only English champions Manchester City had managed to achieve in the Premier League apart from Liverpool in the 2017/18 season, Liverpool also missed due to the defeat, with 19 wins in a row the sole record holder for the longest winning streak of the To become Premier League.
Only two teams in England's top league have survived an entire season without defeat - Preston North End in the 1888/89 season and Arsenal in the 2003/04 season.
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