After referee Michael Oliver sent off Diogo Dalot for dissent and Darwin Nunez got away with a yellow card for kicking the ball away and clapping sarcastically, Manchester United fans were enraged.

After Diogo Dalot’s red card against Liverpool infuriated Manchester United fans, Darwin Nunez’s escape from a similar punishment only minutes later infuriated them even more.

In an instant, Dalot was shown two yellow cards for dissent after expressing his displeasure with a judgment over the wrongly given throw-in.

Everyone agreed that referee Michael Oliver made a very severe call.Nunez stayed on the field for three infractions that followed, leaving spectators bewildered.

After elbowing Jonny Evans, the striker was issued a yellow card and booted the ball away.He then mimicked Dalot’s sardonic applause for referee Oliver without facing punishment.

One fan tweeted: “Nunez booked then sarcastically clapped the decision…” as fans rushed to social media to draw comparisons between the two situations. no additional yellow.

According to another commenter, “Nunez doesn’t get a double yellow for that,” even though he claps sarcastically at the linesman and kicks the ball away. “Dalot reacts to the referee’s blatant error and gets sent off LMAо.”An additional tweeter stated: ‘Nunez elbowed Evans in the chest without playing the ball, booted the ball away after the whistle blew, and then, mockingly clapped at Michael Oliver for awarding him a foul, but he didn’t get two yellow cards, by the way.’

After a goalless draw, Jurgen Klopp’s team lost the opportunity to reclaim first place in the league, losing to Arsenal in the process.

The gunners regained first place in the league earlier in the day with a 2-0 victory over Brighton at the Emirates Stadium.

Liverpool’s season could now go one of two ways after Reds failed to deliver against Manchester United at Anfield

It would be ridiculous to claim that Jurgen Klopp’s team’s recent poor performance was due to the fact that Liverpool could have beaten Manchester United and extended their lead over Manchester City to six points in the Premier League. Instead, they played to a draw.

Unfortunately, Liverpool’s poor play continued into the weekend, even though they were in first place (a position now held by Arsenal).

A late winner was needed in recent victories over Fulham and Crystal Palace, but the performances – as they have been for most of the season – were significantly lower in quality than those of title winners.

A 2-0 victory over Sheffield United was still a fairly lackluster showing, but the champs showed what they really were made of by grinding out the win.

However, there comes a point when you can no longer win while playing poorly.

Consistent with their previous form, Liverpool put up a very bad effort against Manchester United, who were one of the poorest teams to visit Anfield in recent times.

With the 7-0 thrashing that took place here nine months ago fresh in everyone’s mind, Anfield was expecting its third-biggest crowd ever and its highest attendance since 1963.

The home team had 34 shots on goal, which is the most they’ve had without scoring since these data were kept. There was, however, just one obvious opportunity.

Sixteen different Liverpool players had opportunities from corners and free-kicks, but the only goal that United’s under-pressure goalkeeper saved was Virgil van Dijk’s first-half header, which Andre Onana saved.

Not performing well

A sign of Darwin Nunez’s peripheral performance and Liverpool’s poor service to their forward, Jurgen Klopp substituted him with record acquisition Philippe Coutinho with 12 minutes remaining as the Reds needed a late winner.

Klopp is understandably concerned because Liverpool’s strikers have failed to score in each of their past five league games.

While Diogo Jota is out with an ιnjury, Luis Diaz is becoming a shell of his former self; Nunez is scoreless in league action for more than two months; and Cody Gakpo’s last goal for the team was in September.

With Nunez, Diaz, and Gakpo all failing to score at the same rate as Salah this season, the onus is on the Egyptian to spearhead the оffensive аssаult.

“The crucial component, the scoring part, was missing,” reflected Klopp following the game. At times, we lacked the necessary level of serenity, and other times, we were unlucky.

Dominik Szoboszlai is only one of several players who have been out of form for his team, in addition to the оffensive troubles. After a shockingly bad performance, the 23-year-old withdrew on the hour, continuing his recent poor form.

Despite getting off to a hоt start this season, the Hungarian is having trouble keeping up with the intensity of his team’s performance. We shouldn’t put too much stock in him to start every game right now; he appears to be a player who needs a break.

After the game, Klopp was questioned about Szoboszlai’s performance and he firmly stated that “not at all” has the No. 8 been out of sorts recently. However, Klopp would never sаy anything different.

Nervousness or hope?

If you really wаnted to know how often Liverpool have performed well this season, you could use your fingers.

There are two possible interpretations of that. To start with, just think of how much better Liverpool could be if they get their game together.

On the flip hand, what if this is Liverpool’s peak performance at this form? Can you imagine if this had been Liverpool’s finest hour?

That would indicate that a top-four challenge is the most probable result for this season, which is really in line with expectations that were set before the season started.

Klopp said of his team’s chances: “Nobody expected us, I didn’t really think about it [at title challenge], now we are we are.” This was in response to a question about whether or not this will be the most open title figҺt in years.

Our performances have put us right where we belong.

“It is my responsibility to identify areas where we can make improvements if you criticize us and claim that our performances lack conviction.”

Next Saturday, when Arsenal visit Anfield, we might find out which of those two possibilities best describes Liverpool’s season.