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Watford 3 - 0 Liverpool English Premier League29/02/2020 17:30 Referee: Michael Oliver|Venue: Vicarage Road|Attendance: 21,634* Ismaila Sarr54'
* Ismaila Sarr60'
* Troy Deeney72'
* PREMIER LEAGUE TABLE 2019/20 LATEST STANDINGS One of the greatest unbeaten streaks in the history of the English game always had to end somewhere, but that it came against a club who have sacked two managers already this season and nursed a relegation death-wish since August, made this evening a truly surreal event. Liverpool’s invincible season is over. They will surely win their first Premier League nonetheless, a historic 30-year wait that only a force majeure or international public health event could realistically stop now but the dream of going 50 games unbeaten and writing themselves into the record books is over. Stopped by an astonishing performance from a Watford side that began the day in 19th place and played – in the second half at least - like a more adventurous version of Atlético Madrid. Diego Simeone, Carlo Ancelotti, and, now Nigel Pearson – the only three managers who have defeated a full-strength Jürgen Klopp Liverpool team in this season in which the leaders have looked unstoppable. The clock is stopped for Liverpool at 44 games undefeated going back to Jan 3 last year, and brings to an end a remarkable 18 straight wins in the league. They will be eager to get back on that run come next Saturday at home to Bournemouth after Tuesday’s FA Cup tie, although for now Arsène Wenger’s 49-game 2004 unbeaten run at Arsenal is safe in history. Liverpool were dreadful. Their famous front three were unrecognisable, to the extent that Klopp replaced Roberto Firmino with the lesser-spotted Takumi Minamino before the end. Even more surprising was the rank-poor defensive performance, a situation not helped by the absence of Joe Gomez, replaced by Dejan Lovren who had one of those bad days of his. But there were below-par performances from the unlikeliest of characters, including Virgil Van Dijk and TrentAlexander-Arnold.
For Ismaila Sarr, who scored two wonderful goals, including a breakaway finish for his second, it was a splendid day. So too Troy Deeney who got the third and was generally more than a match for Lovren. For Pearson it was a triumph, having faced Liverpool in his first game in charge of Watford in December when the team did well at Anfield but inevitably succumbed in the end. He lost Gerard Deulofeu to a bad injury in the first half when his team were more than a match for Liverpool before raising their game again after the break.Deulofeu was badly
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It lifted Watford out the relegation zone after a bad run of two points in five games and suggests once again that they have that survival gene this season. Certainly Pearson knows how to use Sarr, coming off the flanks with devastating pace and a real composure infront of goal.
What next for Liverpool? They are back south next week to play Chelsea at Stamford Bridge, and Klopp will always have known that this moment was coming at some point. It is simply the nature of the defeat that is so shocking, by three goals against a struggling team against whom his players barely created a chance worthy of the name. They recovered from the Atlético defeat this month to beat West Ham earlier in the week, but you could make the case that the pace and power of Watford just got to them. As the fixtures pile up, there will be others who feel they can do the same to the European champions.The injury to Deulofeu and the subsequent treatment on the pitch before his removal meant that there was an extra five minutes added to the first half in which most of what was notable in that first period took place. That being a chance for Deeney that he had two attempts at, the first blocked by the extremely hard-to-beat Alisson, the second chipped wide most likely as a result of the same goalkeeper’s refusal to give up any kind of opportunity. Sarr sits Alisson down to score his second Credit: Charlotte Wilson/Offside/Offside via Getty Images Follow your club now for first access to all our news, views andanalysis
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It had been a slow game until then, ragged at best in which Klopp’s players failed to get the ball forward with anything like the speed that might usually be expected of them. They were stopped in part by a five-man Watford midfield that snarled and snapped around the red shirts with a good deal more energy than many others have summoned in this Premier League walkover season for Liverpool. There was a connection between Will Hughes’ right boot and Georginio Wijnaldum’s left foot that had the Dutchman howl in pain. Deeney had been late on Trent Alexander-Arnold before then. There were complaints on the other side too, not least when Dejan Lovren wrapped his arms around Deeney in the Liverpool box as a prelude to that chance in the time added on at the end of the game. The Deulofeu injury was innocuous by comparison, a twist, a slip and suddenly all the weight was transferred to a right knee that folded unnaturally under the winger. He was carried off the pitch after a period of treatment to the most sympathetic response a former Everton man might expect from the Liverpool away end. Deulofeu had created the best chance before then for Watford in a half that was very short on those kind of moments when he cut the ball back to Abdoulaye Doucouré who found his shot blocked by Virgil Van Dijk.Troy
Deeney scores his first goal against Liverpool to seal Watford's 3-0 victory Credit: REUTERS/David Klein Klopp had started with Lovren in the centre of defence because of what was described as a “minor fitness concern” for Joe Gomez. Naby Keita was not on the bench either, nursing a sore hip and Jordan Henderson remains unavailable following the muscle tear against Atlético Madrid. There was certainly a lack of urgency in the first half against Watford side that had performed well at Anfield in mid-December when Nigel Pearson was first placed in charge. Sarr had already seen a shot tipped over when he scored his first. Deeney blocked off Lovren in the area and allowed a throw-in to bounce over the pair of them. Doucouré took it to the byline beating Van Dijk in the process who was slow to react and the cut-back fell perfectly for the Watford man from Senegal. His second was even better, when Hughes won the ball on the right and poked it down the line to Deeney who opened Watford with one pass. Sarr was on his own running at one of the best goalkeepers in the business and he took his goal beautifully. That was on the hour and the chances kept coming. A shot from Hughes was blocked. Then Alexander-Arnold’s back pass was intercepted by Sarr and laid back to Deeney who scored with Alisson out of position. “Can we play you every week?” sang the Watford fans, who are now convinced they arestaying up.
As for Klopp, the moment has come, the spell is broken and now his side will have to demonstrate that this was just one of those anomalies in a title race that seems to have been decided months ago. MATCH STATS — TEAM STATSWatfordv.Liverpool
* Attack
* General Play
* Distribution
* Defence & Discipline*
ATTACK
* Goals
WATFORD
COMPARISON
LIVERPOOL
3
100%
0% 0
* Total Shots (including blocked shots)WATFORD
COMPARISON
LIVERPOOL
14
66.7%
33.3% 7
* Shots On Target
WATFORD
COMPARISON
LIVERPOOL
5
83.3%
16.7% 1
* Blocked Shots
WATFORD
COMPARISON
LIVERPOOL
2
50%
50% 2
* Shots from outside the boxWATFORD
COMPARISON
LIVERPOOL
4
44.4%
55.6% 5
* Shots from inside the boxWATFORD
COMPARISON
LIVERPOOL
10
83.3%
16.7% 2
* Shot Accuracy (excluding blocked shots)WATFORD
COMPARISON
LIVERPOOL
41.7%
41.7%
20% 20%
*
GENERAL PLAY
* Possession (%)
WATFORD
COMPARISON
LIVERPOOL
29.3%
29.3%
70.7% 70.7%
* Duels won (%)
WATFORD
COMPARISON
LIVERPOOL
55.4%
55.4%
44.6% 44.6%
* Aerial Duels Won (%)WATFORD
COMPARISON
LIVERPOOL
54.1%
54.1%
45.9% 45.9%
* Interceptions
WATFORD
COMPARISON
LIVERPOOL
17
77.3%
22.7% 5
* Offsides
WATFORD
COMPARISON
LIVERPOOL
5
83.3%
16.7% 1
* Corners taken
WATFORD
COMPARISON
LIVERPOOL
3
37.5%
62.5% 5
*
DISTRIBUTION
* Total Passes
WATFORD
COMPARISON
LIVERPOOL
300
29.1%
70.9% 730
* % of Passes Long
WATFORD
COMPARISON
LIVERPOOL
18.7%
18.7%
7% 7%
* Passing Accuracy (%)WATFORD
COMPARISON
LIVERPOOL
65.7%
65.7%
84.7% 84.7%
* Passing Accuracy opp. Half (%)WATFORD
COMPARISON
LIVERPOOL
58%
58.011049723756905%
82.30277185501066% 82.3%* Total Crosses
WATFORD
COMPARISON
LIVERPOOL
13
33.3%
66.7% 26
* Successful Crosses (%)WATFORD
COMPARISON
LIVERPOOL
23.1%
23.1%
3.8% 3.8%
*
DEFENCE & DISCIPLINE* Tackles
WATFORD
COMPARISON
LIVERPOOL
13
61.9%
38.1% 8
* Tackles Won (%)
WATFORD
COMPARISON
LIVERPOOL
61.5%
61.5%
25% 25%
* Clearances
WATFORD
COMPARISON
LIVERPOOL
41
75.9%
24.1% 13
* Fouls Conceded
WATFORD
COMPARISON
LIVERPOOL
4
33.3%
66.7% 8
* Yellow Cards
WATFORD
COMPARISON
LIVERPOOL
0
0%
0% 0
* Red Cards
WATFORD
COMPARISON
LIVERPOOL
0
0%
0% 0
ACTION AREAS
Full match
Created with Raphaël 2.1.2Premier LeagueWatford v. LiverpoolPossession27.4%51.7%20.9%29.3%70.7%LINE-UPS
WATFORD
* 26Ben Foster
* 11Adam Masina
* 27Christian Kabasele* 21Kiko Femenía
* 15Craig Cathcart
* 7Gerard Deulofeu
* 23Ismaila Sarr
* 29Etienne Capoue
* 16Abdoulaye Doucouré* 19Will Hughes
* 9Troy Deeney
SUBSTITUTES
* 14Nathaniel Chalobah * 33Ignacio Pussetto* 37Roberto Pereyra
* Coach Nigel PearsonLIVERPOOL
* 1Alisson
* 4Virgil van Dijk
* 6Dejan Lovren
* 66Trent Alexander-Arnold * 26Andrew Robertson * 15Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain* 3Fabinho
* 5Georginio Wijnaldum* 11Mohamed Salah
* 10Sadio Mané
* 9Roberto Firmino
SUBSTITUTES
* 27Divock Origi
* 20Adam Lallana
* 18Takumi Minamino
* Coach Jürgen Klopp7:32PM
JURGEN KLOPP
Makes a point of shaking every Watford's player by the hand before he departs. He's a class act. So City and Liverpool will continue to share the record for successive top-flight victories at 18.7:30PM
LIVERPOOL'S RUN COMES TO AN END Please feel free to add your thoughts about the game in the comments where I'll be dwelling for 15 minutes while we wait for Sam Wallace'smatch report.
7:25PM
FULL TIME
Watford have ended Liverpool's undefeated run with an emphatic and deserved 3-0 victory.7:25PM
90+3 MIN: WATFORD 3 LIVERPOOL 0 Klopp hugs Pearson and Shakespeare two minutes before the end. The Watford fans whistle and prepare to roar.7:24PM
90+2 MIN: WATFORD 3 LIVERPOOL 0 Fabinho dinks a ball over the Watford ranks massed on the 18-yard line for Salah but Cathcart, who has been superb, tracks his run and wins the header, nodding it to Kiko who clears.7:21PM
90 MIN: WATFORD 3 LIVERPOOL 0 The fourth official signals four minutes of injury time.7:21PM
89 MIN: WATFORD 3 LIVERPOOL 0 Watford make their final change: Nathaniel Chalobah replaces Doucoure.7:20PM
88 MIN: WATFORD 3 LIVERPOOL 0 Watford scrap to preserve the clean sheet, throwing themselves in front of everything and snapping into tackles. Van Dijk, frustrated, decides to take on a shot from 30 yards and instead of doing a Kompany spoons it into the crowd.7:17PM
86 MIN: WATFORD 3 LIVERPOOL 0 Pussetto and Kiko stop Origi and Robertson getting past them downthe left.
Deeney scores his maiden goal against Liverpool to make it 3-0 Credit: Julian Finney/Getty Images7:15PM
83 MIN: WATFORD 3 LIVERPOOL 0 Watford are lined up in banks of four and five and Liverpool with six up front but it's too crowded for them to find any space. Kiko gets the benefit of the doubt from the referee when seeming to foulOrigi.
7:14PM
81 MIN: WATFORD 3 LIVERPOOL 0 Sarr is put through for a hat-trick chance by Deeney's dink and he is just onside but screws his shot past the right post. It's his last kick as he is substituted by Pussetto though Alexander-Arnold tries to hasten his departure by giving him a push to get him off the pitch. He's entitled to milk the applause, though, for his two goals.7:11PM
79 MIN: WATFORD 3 LIVERPOOL 0 Kabasele gets ahead of Salah by telescoping out his right leg to prevent him from turning Alexander-Arnold's manacing cross in at thenear post.
Sarr scores the second: Watford go 2-0 up Credit:DAVID KLEIN/REUTERS
7:09PM
78 MIN: WATFORD 3 LIVERPOOL 0 Liverpool make their final change: Minamino replaces Firmino.7:08PM
77 MIN: WATFORD 3 LIVERPOOL 0 Pereyra blocks Alexander-Arnold's clearance with a tigerish block. Klopp is taking it in his stride, smiling ruefully and switchingLiverpool to 2-2-6.
7:07PM
76 MIN: WATFORD 3 LIVERPOOL 0 Any Watford victory was 6-1. But 3-0, like the 2015 scoreline, wascloser to 100-1.
7:05PM
74 MIN: WATFORD 3 LIVERPOOL 0 Alexander-Arnold has had a mare at the back. He misses a header that Deeney wins then when the ball comes back to him he rolls a backpass, not spotting Sarr, who nips in to beat Alisson to it, turns and taps it back to Deeney who sweeps a shot into the vacxant net with Alisson pulled over to try to reach the misplaced backpass.7:03PM
GOAL!!! WATFORD 3 LIVERPOOL 0Troy Deeney!
7:00PM
70 MIN: WATFORD 2 LIVERPOOL 0 Cathcart and Kabasele combine to defend Alexander-Arnold's free-kickfrom the right.
6:59PM
68 MIN: WATFORD 2 LIVERPOOL 0 Sarr is picked out unmarked on the right of the box by Pereyra's cross as Liverpool commit midfielders forward but eh crashes his volley wide from 15 yards. Needed a goal of the season finish.6:57PM
66 MIN: WATFORD 2 LIVERPOOL 0 Origi is sent on to replace Oxlade-Chamberlain. Lovely shot from Lallana from 25 yards that swerves, dips and crashes into the foot of the left post. It ain't over by any means.6:56PM
65 MIN: WATFORD 2 LIVERPOOL 0 No doubt Liverpool are reeling and almost left themselves exposed again but Sarr, of all people, blocks Hughes's shot with Alissonlooking beaten.
6:55PM
63 MIN: WATFORD 2 LIVERPOOL 0 Liverpool replace Wijnaldum with Lallana. Here's Sarr's opener:Sarr puts Watford
1-0 up Credit: REUTERS/David Klein6:53PM
62 MIN: WATFORD 2 LIVERPOOL 0 The record signing latches on to soem tenaciosu wotrk by Huighes and Kiko on the whitewash by the right on halfway. The ball is threaded through Robertson's legs and Sarr is put through on goal 30 yards out. He sprints towards the box, immaculate control, staying ahead of scrambling defenders and waits long enough to sit Alisson down before chipping him from about 12 yards.6:51PM
GOAL!!!
WATFORD 2-0 LIVERPOOL (SARR)6:50PM
60 MIN: WATFORD 1 LIVERPOOL 0Terrific run from Robertson to capitalise on Kiko's positioning mistake. He bombs on down the left and whips in a cross that Kabasele hammers behind for a corner before Firmino could latch on to it. Adam Lallana is stripped and ready to come ion but not until Watford defend
the corner.
6:48PM
57 MIN: WATFORD 1 LIVERPOOL 0Foul by Lovren gives Watford a free-kick 25 yards out from which Deeney beats Van Dijk but can't get his header on goal. Lovren and Alexander-Arnold are in trouble on the right side of Liverpool's
defence.
6:47PM
55 MIN: WATFORD 1 LIVERPOOL 0Haven't seen Liverpool concede a goal like that since they used to be bullied by Stoke seven or eight years ago. Throw in on the left. Lovren lets it bounce and Doucoure needs no second invitation to take it past him on the left of the box and cebntre for Sarr to bury it from six yards, Van Dijk having let him go, too.
6:45PM
GOAL!!!
WATFORD 1-0 LIVERPOOL (SARR)6:44PM
53 MIN: WATFORD 0 LIVERPOOL 0 Robertson runs round the back of Sarr who is dozing and picked out by Van Dijk's cute pass. The left-back takes a stride and thrashes a left-foot shot that Foster blocks and after several scares as the ball pinballs around, Foster drops on top to smother it.6:43PM
51 MIN: WATFORD 0 LIVERPOOL 0 Foster picks off a cross. Liverpool still lack the fluidity of them attheirt best.
6:41PM
50 MIN: WATFORD 0 LIVERPOOL 0 The Liverpool full-backs switch back.6:40PM
48 MIN: WATFORD 0 LIVERPOOL 0 Again Liverpool prove adept at defending a corner. Strangely, the Liverpool full-backs ahve switched flanks rather than the wide forwards. Robertson pelts down the right, plays it in to Firmino, gets it back then rolls a pass across the 18-yard line for Salah who spanks his shot straight at an advancing Cathcart.6:38PM
46 MIN: WATFORD 0 LIVERPOOL 0 Liverpool were out early, suggesting Klopp sent them out to think on after a rocket but they start just as sluggishly, allowing Sarr to bullock down the inside-left channel and skelp a left-foot shot from 18 yards that Alisson dives to slap behind.6:26PM
HALF-TIME: WATFORD 0 LIVERPOOL 0 Watford have played well, creating several half-chances and a beauty for Doucoure but have lost some of their zip after Deulofeu was stretchered off in palpable distress. Liverpool haven't clicked yet but we've seen this film before. They don't need to click to win and Watford may rue not being ahead at the break. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain tries to console Gerard Deulofeu who seems to have sustained a serious injury to his right knee Credit: Adam Davy/PA Wire6:22PM
45+5 MIN: WATFORD 0 LIVERPOOL 0 Free-kick for Watford, 40 yards out by the left touchline for a foul by Lovren on Pereyra. Masina takes it and Deeney is held around the bra area by Lovren, preventing him from getting up to head. But when he wrestles free he does have a chance as the ball pinballs past and towards Alisson. The Watford captain gets there first, turns but his first attempt to chip the keeperis brilliantly saved and the second drifts wide. He asks for the earlier foul but the ref isn't having it and blows for half-time.6:19PM
45+4 MIN: WATFORD 0 LIVERPOOL 0 Oxlade-Chamberlain sets off on a mazy run into the box, beating two with shimmies and feints until running into Hughes.6:17PM
45+2 MIN: WATFORD 0 LIVERPOOL 0 Watford free-kick just inside the Liverpool half for a foul on Capoue. Kiko does an Alexander-Arnold and launches a long free-kick straight out for a goalkick. Right-backs eh?6:16PM
45+1 MIN: WATFORD 0 LIVERPOOL 0 Five minutes have been allowed for the Deulofeu delay which has killedWatford's momentum.
Gerard Deulofeu demands help Credit: REUTERS/David Klein6:15PM
44 MIN: WATFORD 0 LIVERPOOL 0 Sarr tries to beat Alisson from 30 yards but doesn't even test him. Hughes treads on Wijnaldum's foot after the Liverpool midfielder laid the ball off. Alexander-Arnold takes the free-kick 15 yards into the Watford half and lifts his chip over everyone and out for agoalkick.
6:13PM
42 MIN: WATFORD 0 LIVERPOOL 0 Deeney flies into a tackle on Alexander-Arnold and plants his right boot into his ankle. Amazingly, no booking. Alexander-Arnold is OK and picks out Mane with a diagonal lob from the right after a corner but the forward had drifted offside, making his back header that went wideimmaterial.
6:10PM
40 MIN: WATFORD 0 LIVERPOOL 0 The injury and long delay for triage hs sapped the fizz out of thegame.
6:09PM
38 MIN: WATFORD 0 LIVERPOOL 0 Van Dijk strong-armed Deulofeu off the ball rather than shove him, taking a wide stance and using his right arm as a barrier.6:07PM
36 MIN: WATFORD 0 LIVERPOOL 0 Deulofeu leaves pulling on oxygen or gas and air as he is carried off. Oxlade-Chamberlain, who had a bad knee injury 22 months ago, gives him a pat as he is taken past him.6:05PM
34 MIN: WATFORD 0 LIVERPOOL 0 Van Dijk is there with most of the Watford side, trying to console Deulofeu before he departs. Pereyra is ready to come on in hisplace.
6:04PM
33 MIN: WATFORD 0 LIVERPOOL 0 The stretcher is coming on for Deulofeu who is in agony.6:03PM
31 MIN: WATFORD 0 LIVERPOOL 0 Van Dijk seems to shove Deulofeu over outside the area and the winger twists his right knee. No foul given but the ref stops the game because Deulofeu shouts out in pain.6:01PM
30 MIN: WATFORD 0 LIVERPOOL 0 Watford have a three v four break with Doucoure on the ball 30 yards out but Deeney's lack of sizzling pace means Doucoure forces the pass too early and Lovren gets there first.5:59PM
27 MIN: WATFORD 0 LIVERPOOL 0 Watford corner on the right after neat work from Sarr. Liverpool again defend it without risk or drama. While Watford have looked good in the channels either side of both full-backs, Liverpool have been rock solid down the middle.5:57PM
25 MIN: WATFORD 0 LIVERPOOL 0 Deulofeu gets to the byline but can't keep his cross in play.5:53PM
21 MIN: WATFORD 0 LIVERPOOL 0 Watford look very good indeed going forward and Klopp is scowling and gesticulating at his defenders. Doucoure's shot is turned behind for a corner Credit: AP Photo/Alastair Grant5:51PM
19 MIN: WATFORD 0 LIVERPOOL 0 Liverpool corner on the left. Robertson takes to the near post, Doucoure knocks it to the edge of the area. Oxlade-Chamberlain controls the clearance and hits an up and under to the right of the box. Van Dijk was best placed but also a mile offside so sensibly lest it go and Salah takes it on as it drops over his shoulder, belting a volley into the side netting.5:49PM
17 MIN: WATFORD 0 LIVERPOOL 0 Better spell of possession from Liverpool, passing it around at the back, making Watford chase but when Lovren chips a long diagonal from right to left, looking for the space behidn Kiko, the diligent Sarr is on the cover and stops Mane getting a cross into the box.5:46PM
15 MIN: WATFORD 0 LIVERPOOL 0 Watford are playing very well - they've clearly identified the gap between Alexander-Arnold and Lovren as Liverpool's Achilles heel. Deulofeu plays a one-two with Deeney, bombs down the left flank and zips over a daisycutter cross to Doucoure entering the box by the right of the D. He takes it on first time with his right instep, opting for precsiion rather than power, and the ball is turned behind for a corner which liverpool defend competently. Credit: ANDY RAIN/EPA-EFE/REX5:42PM
13 MIN: WATFORD 0 LIVERPOOL 0 Alexander-Arnold, so good going forward, doesn't force Deulofeu down the line and the former Everton winger once again cuts in on his right and flays a shot that skims the top of the net. A minute later Lovren gives the ball away and Deeney canters down the inside-left channel and, running out of steam with his pursuers catching up, squares it for Hughes but Wijnaldum just gets his toe to it first.5:40PM
11 MIN: WATFORD 0 LIVERPOOL 0 Liverpool corner after A-A is found by Firmino's deft, headed flick down the right and his cross is blocked out and behind. The right-back takes the corner and Deeney meets it at the near post and heads it comfortably upfield.5:38PM
9 MIN: WATFORD 0 LIVERPOOL 0 Oxlade-Chamberlain and Alexander-Arnold team up on the right, the full-back curling a left-foot pass into the box and then drifting out towards the corner flag for the return. Watford, though, are alive to the threat and squeeze him out of space, forcing him to poke his crossbehind.
5:37PM
7 MIN: WATFORD 0 LIVERPOOL 0 Cathcart gets his foot to a bouncing ball into the Watford box and smashes it into Firmino's face whose nose turns purple and eyes flood with water. After giving his head a shake, he continues.5:35PM
5 MIN: WATFORD 0 LIVERPOOL 0 Watford are pressing hard and Deeney forces Alisson into a hurried shank when the ball is played back across the area by Robertson. Deulofeu receives a pass when Alisson's clearance is intercepted, gallops forward 20 yards, cuts in on to his right and scuds a low shot past Alisson's right post from 22 yards.5:33PM
3 MIN: WATFORD 0 LIVERPOOL 0 Foster goes long with the ball at his feet, arrowing a 70-yard ball over Lovren for Deulofeu to chase. Alisson sprints out of his box to whack it to safety. Sweeper-keeper.5:32PM
1 MIN: WATFORD 0 LIVERPOOL 0 Bit of a phoney war start as Watford delay taking a disputed throw-in. Eventually they take it, lose it and Firmino slaloms up the right but his pass to Mane is cut out and biffed forward.5:29PM
THE TEAMS ARE OUT
And have weathered the Z Cars onslaught.5:19PM
JURGEN KLOPP REFLECTS ON THAT 3-0 DEFEAT IN 2015 "We had a Christmas party after that. I have no real memory of the game. The night was good, the game not so much." How can you not admire his attitude?4:41PM
FOR THOSE OF YOU WATCHING IN BLACK AND WHITE WATFORD Foster; Kiko, Kabasele, Cathcart, Masina; Hughes, Capoue; Sarr, Doucoure, Deulofeu; Deeney. _SUBSTITUTES Gomes, Dawson, Welbeck, Chalobah, Gray, Pussetto,Pereyra. _
Credit: Andrew Powell/Liverpool FC via GettyImages
LIVERPOOL Alisson; Alexander-Arnold, Lovren, Van Dijk, Robertson; Oxlade-Chamberlain, Fabinho, Wijnaldum; Salah, Firmino,Mane.
_SUBSTITUTES Adrian, Minamino, Lallana, Origi, Matip, Jones, Hoever._
REFEREE Michael Oliver (Northumberland)4:37PM
AND TWO CHANGES FOR LIVERPOOL4:36PM
TWO CHANGES FOR WATFORD4:30PM
GOOD EVENING
Liverpool will run out at Watford this afternoon to the familiar sound of Z Cars, a tune that has not preceded a defeat at Goodison for a decade and only once at the Vic in 33 years. That came five years ago shortly after Jürgen Klopp had succeeded Brendan Rodgers at Anfield and only one survivor from the side who were beaten 3-0 - Robert Firmino - is likely to be in the starting XI today. Victory would restore Liverpool’s lead at the top of the Premier League to 25 points as they cakewalk to the title but a rare home win in this fixture, a possibility so remote bookies are offering 6-1 on them winning and a shade under 4-1 on the draw, would catapult Nigel Pearson’s ‘Orns above Aston Villa and to within striking distance of Bournemouth, West Ham and Brighton. Two draws and three defeats in their past five games has stripped the gloss off Pearson’s fine start at Watford. Losing to Villa and Everton has cost them heavily but the price of entertainment, of trying to go out and beat teams rather than scratching around for draws, has been worth paying. They’re still in touch, have a coherent strategy and are decent to watch again. Expect them to have a go in an attempt to ruin Liverpool’s attempt to run up a record 19th successive PL victory, Klopp certainly does. Credit: Adam Davy/PA "You can't imagine with Norwich and West Ham playing against us, that they are bottom of the table,” Klopp said. "We have to be 100 per cent ready for these fights. That's what I love about my boys, when it's not clicking they don't lose desire, it is the other way. Watford will be really tough, 100 per cent. Very physical and everybody will see how much it means to them, so we have to make sure everybody can see how much it means to us as well." Pearson, meanwhile, says: "We've got our own agenda and that is to save our own season and I think that is enough," he said about ending Liverpool’s surge. “For players to go into these games, if they can prove they are capable of playing against the best sides of the country, that is the motivation players need. "But we have to win games for our own season, not necessarily to change history for another club. It's about our season, our own circumstances and if that's a spin-off from it, it is a spin-off fromit."
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