Premier League: 'Need crisis at Arsenal and City,' says Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp after loss vs Everton - Football News

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp admitted that his side weren't good enough on Wednesday (Apr 24) against Everton and now need a crisis at Arsenal and Manchester City for a chance to win the Premier League (PL) title. Second-placed Liverpool lost 2-0 against Everton in Merseyside derby.

Speaking after the match, Klopp said: «I don't know why I need to answer the question, but I know how it works,» Klopp said. «You can see the table. We need a crisis at Arsenal and City, so they need to not win games as we haven't done tonight. Arsenal and City must have a very bad moment.

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»I can only apologise for today to the people. We should have done better but we didn't. Our performance wasn't good enough and I am very disappointed.

«We defended the first goal three times and handed it to Everton on a plate and the second goal could probably have been defended better.

»And for us, each miss gave Everton more momentum. We never had it, but we gave them more."

Liverpool now stand at 74 points with four more games to play. They are trailing Arsenal by three points which are at the top with 77 points in same number of games. In the race is also Manchester City who are at 73 points but in 32 games.

Liverpool next play against West Ham and Klopp admitted that: «West Ham will probably be waiting for us [on Saturday] and rubbing their hands, hoping that we turn up on one leg, but we have to recover for that.»

For the next three games after West Ham, Liverpool face Tottenham Hotspur on May 5, Aston Villa on May 14, and Wolves on May 19.

Liverpool can't afford to lose anymore games if they wish to send off Klopp, who has decided to step down after the