I feel like we have overachieved this season to an extent.
At the start of the season, top 4 was the more realistic objective and with a lot of new players coming in, I would have happily taken a third place finish. Truthfully, a title challenge is us being a year ahead of schedule. Over the past few weeks, I havenât been feeling that weâre quite at Arsenal or Cityâs level.
We have got by this season by scoring and winning late. A lot of our performances have been below par and just like last season we are still conceding early goals.
We were really poor at points in this game, especially early, but a couple of heroic blocks kept us out. It could have been a different result, but when you go behind over and over again, eventually youâre going to lose. Credit to Palace.
I love Klopp but I do think itâs best for him to move on next season and let somebody else give it a try. It could definitely go tits up but Klopp looks burnt out (did so last season) and he has made the correct decision for his own health to step away. I also think we could benefit from a different system/setup.
On a positive note, Gakpo looked good again. There is definitely a player in there so I hope he can start to put it all together next season.
I think we fluffed the title last week in all honesty, but after todayâs result, even if we win all our games, I donât think itâs going to be enough. Letâs hope we can turn it around in Italy and end the season on a high.
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