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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Jacob Steinberg at the London Stadium

Liverpool title hopes almost over after Antonio earns West Ham a point

Liverpool's Alexis Mac Allister misses a chance.
Liverpool's Alexis Mac Allister misses a chance. Photograph: Ashley Western/Colorsport/Shutterstock

Is it over yet? Normally, a defensively flawed, late-season 2-2 draw would be something to savour. As far as Liverpool are concerned, though, everything feels difficult to love at the moment. The mentality monsters, the team that once flattened opponents as limited as West Ham as a matter of course, are gone.

This is a team whose emotional energy has been drained by the challenge of staying in a three-way title race. Jürgen Klopp, who has three games left before he can pack it in, looks and sounds spent. He was not in the mood to say much about his row with Mohamed Salah, who was preparing to come on as a late substitute at the London Stadium and made it very clear he had zero interest in anything his manager had to say to him.

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