LONDON (AP) — Liverpool will have to settle for just lifting the Premier League trophy next week. It won’t be accompanied by a record-breaking points total after losing 2-1 at Arsenal on Wednesday.
Having ended the club’s 30-year title drought, Liverpool has eased up and the bid to match or overhaul Manchester City’s 100-point record is over.
Arsenal scored from its first two shots on target — to cancel out Sadio Mane’s opener — and Liverpool provided the assists through carelessness.
“We are all human,” Liverpool manager Jürgen Klopp said. “I cannot make a negative out of something so positive — becoming champions so early in the season.