It should have been over. Done and dusted.
Liverpool took a 3-0 lead within the first 30 minutes of its UEFA Champions League match at Sevilla and Jurgen Klopp’s side looked to be cruising into the knockout round, clinching the group in the process.
But the Reds didn’t count on Sevilla’s come-back spirit. Wissim Ben Yedder scored twice, including a penalty kick, and then in second-half stoppage time, Guido Pizarro slid to knock home a loose ball in the box to even the score.
The defensive miscues, which have happened all too often under Klopp’s tenure, cancelled out what was a brilliant counter-attacking performance in the first half, which saw a pair of Roberto Firmino goals to go with a Sadio Mane strike.
Klopp and the Liverpool faithful surely felt the full range of emotions, and the latest defensive display is going to have Klopp pulling more hair out of his head.
HT: Sevilla 0-3 Liverpool
— FOX Soccer (@FOXSoccer) November 21, 2017
FT: Sevilla 3-3 Liverpool
Scenes! https://t.co/hVzbtN1EEk
3 - Liverpool have let a three-goal lead slip in a competitive match for the first time since May 2014 against Crystal Palace in the Premier League (also 3-3). Comeback.
— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) November 21, 2017
