WATFORD sent a cheeky reply to a tweet that had said Liverpool had won 22 consecutive Premier League games.
The Hornets beat Liverpool 3-0 last week to end their unbeaten run of 44 matches and end their hopes of going through an entire campaign undefeated.
Watford ended Liverpool’s hopes of going the full Premier League season unbeatenCredit: Getty Images – Getty
After Liverpool beat Bournemouth 2-1 at Anfield on Saturday, BBC Merseyside tweeted a stat about Liverpool’s 22 consecutive wins.
The should have tweeted the record was for home wins but missed out the key word, and Watford’s social media admin noticed the error.
They responded with an eyes emoji after they were the side to end Liverpool’s unbeaten run.
Nigel Pearson’s side eased past the league leaders with two goals from Ismaila Sarr and Troy Deeney wrapping up the three points.
The result went down well with Gary Neville, who celebrated by opening a bottle of champagne to toast Liverpool’s unbeaten run coming to an end.
Liverpool’s 2-1 win over Bournemouth broke the record set by Bill Shankly’s side in 1972 after they came from behind to get back to winning ways.
Callum Wilson had given the struggling visitors an early lead before goals from Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane saw the leaders extend the gap at the top to 25 points.
Klopp’s men need just nine more points to secure their first league title in 30 years.
After last week’s humiliation by Watford and the midweek defeat to Chelsea in the FA Cup, today’s result was an important return to form for Jurgen Klopp’s side, although it wasn’t a convincing win.
The win will be a boost as they prepare to face Atletico Madrid in the second leg of the Champions League last-16 tie.
Madrid won the first leg 1-0 thanks to an early goal from Saul Niguez and Liverpool are without keeper Alisson as they look to overturn the deficit at Anfield on Wednesday.
Klopp has already warned Diego Simeone’s men that they are in for a tough night when the visit Merseyside.
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Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
