Merseyside misery as Liverpool and Everton lose heavily
LONDON: It was a case of ‘North London nine, Merseyside three’ as Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal inf licted thumping defeats on both Liverpool and Everton respectively in the Premier League on Sunday.
Hopes that this might be the season where Liverpool ended their wait for a maiden Premier League looked flimsy following a 4-1 loss away to Spurs at Wembley while Arsenal sent an expensivelyassembled Everton side into the relegation zone with a 5-2 win at Goodison Park. Sky Sports.
“The first goal was a little throw in and we are not really there. It was just really bad, bad, bad defending.”
Spurs manager Mauricio Pochettino was elated by a convincing win that took place in front of a record Premier League crowd of 80,827 that included football great Diego Maradona and basketball star Kobe Bryant.
“It was fantastic, a fantastic performance,” said Pochettino.
“I am so happy for our fans, in front of Diego Maradona, Kobe Bryant.”
Turning to Kane, he added: “It’s difficult to find words to describe him -- he’s unbelievable, so professional, the effort when we don’t have the ball, everything is fantastic.”
Tottenham are playing their home games at Wembley while they wait for a successor ground to their White Hart Lane base to be built and some poor early season results led to talk of a Spurs “hoodoo”
at the national stadium. But following this result, Pochetttino said: “Wembley starts to feel home, that we can win here.”
Earlier Arsenal condemned Everton to a defeat that piled the pressure on Toffees manager Ronald Koeman, with the Dutchman’s side having now won just twice in their last 13 games in all competitions.
Wayne Rooney recreated his famous f irst league goal for Everton against Arsenal as the hosts took a 12th- minute lead against the run of play. But that was as good as it got for Everton as Nacho Monreal equalised prior to half-time before goals from Mesut Ozil and Alexandre Lacazette took Arsenal into the lead.
Hopes of a home comeback were damaged when Everton were reduced to 10 men in the 69th minute after midfielder Idrissa Gueye was shown a second yellow card.
Lacazette and Aaron Ramsey made it 4-1 ahead of stoppage-time goals from Everton substitute Oumar Niasse and Arsenal’s Alexis Sanchez.
Asked whether Sunday’s loss would spell the end of his time with Everton, who spent some £150 million ( US$ 198 million, 168 million euros) on new players during the transfer window, Koeman told Sky Sports: “I don’t know...All these kinds of decisions are not in my hands.”
Victory gave fifth-placed Arsenal their first away win in the Premier League this season.
“After Wayne Rooney’s goal, I thought 17 years later we are here again,” Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger told the BBC. — AFP
The whole game the whole result was all our fault. The first goal was a little throw in and we are not really there. It was just really bad, bad, bad defending. Jurgen Klopp, Liverpool manager