Big disappointment in Liverpool after last night's loss to Leicester (1: 0) in the 19th round.
Liverpool were the better team, the statistics proved it, but in football the ball had to be put in the net and the Mighters did not know how to do it.
Muhammad Salah missed two situations that seemed safe for the conquest, one from the penalty spot and the other with a short-range kick from rival goalkeeper Caspar Schmeichel Top.
Diego Giota was also unfocused and Sadio Mane had signed a huge miss in a 0-0 draw, which marked more than any problem in Liverpool's attack yesterday at King Power Stadium.
"We were not good," admitted team manager Jurgen Klopp, "nor did we plan to let Manchester City run away from us," the German referred to the fact that the champions lead the table by a six-point gap over Liverpool (and third-placed Chelsea).
Van Dyke makes it difficult for Vardy.
He is actually optimistic, Photo: IP
"Usually my players make me say 'WOW, what a wonderful game', but this time it was 'WOW' from the opposite direction," Klopp continued, "I did not like their show."
Klopp reiterated the distance from City: "It's a big gap. If we play later like against Leicester, we can not even afford to think about catching up with the distance from Manchester City."
Whoever sounded more optimistic was the brakeman Virgil Van Dyke who said: "We are only in December. The league is still very long and anything can happen."
However, the Dutchman added: "We all need to look at ourselves in the mirror and get better."
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