Jurgen Klopp says Liverpool must react quickly to have any chance of winning the Premier League title after Sunday’s 1-0 loss to Crystal Palace at Anfield. The Reds’ first home defeat in 29 league games leaves Jurgen Klopp’s side two points behind Manchester City and level with Arsenal, who can move top of the table with victory over Aston Villa later on Sunday. Eberechi Eze’s early goal sealed a vital win for the Eagles in their battle for survival, taking them eight points clear of the relegation zone. However, Liverpool’s final season under Klopp is unraveling.

Just a few weeks ago, the League Cup winners were on course to win a quadruple.

But after losing to Manchester United in the FA Cup and leading 3-0 in the first leg of the Europa League quarter-finals against Atalanta, Liverpool faced their first home game in any competition in 14 months on Thursday. Lose.

Klopp’s side have won just three of their last eight games and are showing clear signs of fatigue after 51 games this season.

Slow starts have been a recurring theme in Liverpool’s recent struggles and they were once again forced to come from behind.

Alisson Becker scored a long-awaited goal for the home side but he had no chance when Eze simply fired home from a pass from Tyrik Mitchell.

“The goals we conceded were terrible,” Klopp said.

“It depends on us what that means. If we play like we did in the first half, why should we win the league? If we play like we did in the second half, we can win football games – we’ll see how much we can win game.”

“If we play at our full level then we are a force, but today we were a little in the middle and that’s why we lost.”

Moments later, Palace were millimeters away from a second minute goal, with Andy Robertson making a superb goal-line clearance to put Jean-Philippe Mata through after Virgil van Dijk’s slip had allowed the France forward to score. Tower blocked.

In the first half, Liverpool had to use set pieces to put pressure on Crystal Palace’s defense.

Endo Wataru’s shot was scratched and hit the crossbar.

Dean Henderson then made a stunning save to prevent Luis Diaz from equalizing at the back post.

Klopp reacted at half-time, bringing on Dominic Szoboszlai and Trent Alexander-Arnold’s return after two months on the sidelines, shortly after Conor Bradley went down injured .

Diogo Jota and Cody Gakpo were also called on to perform rescue duties as substitutes.

Jota looked certain to equalize when Szoboszlai picked out Jota, but the Portuguese striker’s shot hit Nathaniel Klein’s line and left the goal clear.

At the other end, Alisson showed why he is one of the best goalkeepers in the world as he blocked Mata’s shot from close range.

Liverpool were immediately galloping down the other end and Curtis Jones’ shot went wide, leaving only Henderson to beat.

Mohamed Salah had one last chance to score at least a point, but his shot was brilliantly blocked by Mitchell in stoppage time.

Unless Liverpool mount a stunning fightback against Atalanta in midweek, Klopp has just two games left at Anfield before his great reign is over.

But what looked like it might have been a glorious farewell is now in danger of turning into a soggy squib.

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