Alisson Becker gifts EPL leader Manchester City win at fading champ Liverpool

Liverpool's goalkeeper Alisson reacts after Manchester City's Raheem Sterling scored his side's third goal during the English Premier League soccer match between Liverpool and Manchester City at Anfield Stadium, Liverpool, England, Sunday, Feb. 7, 2021.The fireworks being set off behind the Kop provided a flashback to last season’s Premier League trophy celebrations. But little on the Anfield pitch suggested these were the champions in action.

After going 68 games unbeaten on home soil, Liverpool has now lost three in a row for the first time in 58 years.And it’s City with a five-point lead. Not over Liverpool, but Manchester United — and with a game in hand. Liverpool has slipped 10 points off the pace in a league it dominated to win by 18 points last season and led last month, now just clinging onto the fourth Champions League place.

On a freezing day across England, Klopp could only figure that the icy conditions were to blame for a blundering performance by goalkeeper Alisson Becker that proved so costly.Liverpool had been spared falling behind in the first half when Ilkay Gundogan struck a penalty into the empty Kop. Gundogan did find the net at the other end four minutes into the second half when Phil Foden’s close-range shot was parried by Alisson into his path.

And Mohamed Salah gave a route back into the game by doing what Gundogan couldn’t do, scoring a penalty in front of the Kop after being brought down by Ruben Dias.The team’s top scorer played his part. But the usually reliable barrier in the goal did not.Another lapse followed. City midfielder Bernardo Silva intercepted a feeble clearance by Alisson and lifted the ball over the goalkeeper for Raheem Sterling to head over the line.

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