An already complicated season faces Liverpool with the debacle at Anfield Away become even more complicated. Losing by a margin of three goals after leading 2-0 in your own stadium – no team in the Champions League has ever managed that.
“It’s the end of an era for Liverpool,” said former world-class striker Thierry Henry CBS Sports a brutal conclusion. The Arsenal legend is not alone in his merciless judgement. jamie Carragherwinner of the 2006 Champions League with the Red, spoke of an “embarrassing disaster” and did not want to make excuses for the team anymore. “The second half was a shame. Losing them 3-0 when you’re at 2-2 in a KO game in the head want to attack – what a pity!”
After five goals against Carragher especially the defense, which “has been a mess all season”. At the BBC, Alan Shearer describes the defense as “hopelessly overwhelmed”, but also praises the Royal team for their “masterpiece” for believing in their abilities even after falling behind and sticking to the coach’s tactics.
After the embarrassment, a bleak wind is also blowing in the media landscape. In “Everyday Mirrors» there is talk of a “humiliation”. The “Sun” finds that “embarrassing Red» suffered their « worst defeat ever » in Europe. The Guardian writes of an “embarrassing collapse” and says Liverpool need “a miracle” in the second leg. The BBC describes the 2:5 as a “brutal demolition”. In Germany, a «historic debacle» (sport1.de) or a “final vengeance that went completely haywire” (“Image”).
Really the end of an era?
So will this defeat come with the end of an era in the future? One thing is clear: with this defeat, Liverpool – apart from a miracle in the second leg on March 15 – also lost their last chance at the title of the season.
In the Championship, bottom of the table, you fight to even get back into the Champions League. It’s the only chance to save this season. Otherwise an era would really come to an end, Klopp would die after all Red not lead to the royal class for the first time since 2016. (dti)
Source : Blick
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