Liverpool's Premier League title hopes are in tatters after an embarrassing 2-0 loss at Everton on Wednesday. The Reds once again paid a heavy price for horrific finishing and even worse defending.

Jurgen Klopp's side could have drawn level with Arsenal at the top of the table with a win. However, they fell behind in farcical circumstances in the first half, with players taking turns to fail to clear the ball before Jarrad Branthwaite managed to sneak a shot under Alisson's body.

Darwin Nunez, Mohamed Salah, and Luis Diaz then wasted one great chance after another to level the game before Dominic Calvert-Lewin rose unmarked at the back post in the 58th minute to head home a Dwight McNeil corner and seal a first win for Everton over their city rivals at Goodison Park since 2010.

Reacting to the defeat, Klopp said, "Arsenal and Manchester City must have a very bad moment. I don't know. I can only apologise for today to the people. We should have done better, but we didn't, and that's why we lost.

"Obviously very disappointed about a lot of things. We let it happen; then it became exactly the game Everton wanted.

"But we were not good enough; that's what we have to admit. I didn't expect that today, but it happened. Obviously, it's not the greatest moment we are in, but you have to fight through, try to get the momentum back."