Watford took down Liverpool and it wasn't even close

Liverpool finally lost a match in the Premier League, how did it happen?

As I listened to Klopp's interview after the match there was something very interesting that he touched on. When asked how would the team react after losing, he mentioned that the Reds lost matches this year in the Champins League and that the feeling of defeat while rare isn't something that they haven't experienced this season. He isn't really worried about that.

To be honest with you there are a lot of teams in this battle against relegation that play an interesting brand of football, clubs like Brighton and Southampton with an interesting philosophy as a whole. Watford's management is the most impatient in the Premier League with little to no believe in continuity, but as much as that can disappoint me as an analyst, the fans of the club aren't really responsible for it and ultimately they are the ones that suffer the most when the club underachieves.

While Pearson has done a solid job, looking at Watford's squad, it's basically the law of averages that one out of three managers in a single season would have some amount of success with the club.

Watford played today their match of the season. Sarr played the match of his life. Liverpool finally didn't get the breaks in a match that they didn't deserve to win.

This wasn't your particular fixture where the giant created chances, pressured their opponent to their limit and in their only opportunity the weaker side scored. Watford outplayed Liverpool and it wasn't even close.

Liverpool had a single shot on target and you can't say they created much more.

Watford managed to sustain the loss of their most important player Deulofeu and interestingly enough that forced the Hornets to look more for Sarr in the offensive phase giving him the opportunity to shine.

In each of the first two goals, Liverpool's defence and especially Van Dijk looked almost too nonchalant allowing Watford to create opportunities out of areas with barely any space 

The finishing in the second and third goal was remarkable. Sarr and Deeney showed a tremendous amount of poise to put the ball where they did. How many times have we seen this year in the Premier League a team not scoring in those types of opportunities against Liverpool 

Against West Ham, Bowen had a chance to score on the second half one on one against the keeper and he tried a similar shot like Sarr on the second goal. Allison made the save.

This relegation battle looks to be very exciting. Right now I have no idea who's going down 

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