Liverpool's fading Premier League title hopes were dealt a near-fatal blow on Saturday as West Ham rescued a draw against Jurgen Klopp's men while Sheffield United dropped through the relegation trap door.Klopp's glittering reign at Anfield appears to be ending on a flat note after they dropped points for the fourth time in five league games at the London Stadium.
Robert Andrich scored with the last kick of the match to extend Bayer Leverkusen's unbeaten run to 46 games this season with a 2-2 home draw against Stuttgart on Saturday.However, with time running out, they won a free kick and Florian Wirtz curled the ball into the box, Andrich snapping up a rebound to score.
It is easy to forget now, 20 years on, that Sir Alex Ferguson faced some very uncomfortable questions in those days when he was rebuilding Manchester United in the image of a young Cristiano Ronaldo and Wayne Rooney. Erik ten Hag referred back to that time in the aftermath of this latest dimly received disappointment, referencing how even that team in 2004 and 2005 “didn’t play that great football” but were “building” and required the sort of patience he himself is now calling for. He even went
The more you watch Alexander Isak – the way he plays the game, the goals he scores, the more regularly you see him alter the course of matches and define their outcomes – the easier it gets to call him the best striker in the Premier League.