LONDON: Liverpool threw away a late lead against Newcastle to settle for 1-1 draw on Saturday.
The club are now four points adrift of the top four and manager Jurgen Klopp said they do not deserve a place in the Champions League.
“If you deserve it, you deserve it,” said Klopp. “I didn’t see us today playing like we deserve Champions League next year. We have another five games and we will see. We learn or we don’t play Champions League, that’s it.”
Mohamed Salah had opened the scoring after just three minutes, but Liverpool wasted a host of chances to extend their lead and paid in stoppage time.
The Reds even had a reprieve when Callum Wilson’s equaliser was ruled out after a VAR review for handball, but still could not hold on as Joe Willock’s deflected strike secured a vital point in the Magpies’ bid for top-flight survival.
A protest outside Anfield on Saturday was more muted than the ones ahead of Chelsea and Arsenal’s home matches in recent days, but a number of flags and banners were attached to the gates around the ground calling out the “greed” of the club’s American owners Fenway Sports Group (FSG).
Despite not being in action until Sunday away to Leeds, Manchester United fans also gathered outside Old Trafford on Saturday to also take aim at the Glazer family, who own the Red Devils.
