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ECHO Comment: "Fears of Witch-hunt Against Liverpool FC" part 2

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davek said:
Proud moment for Liverpool fans to wake up to this morning:

"Pushed Man City All the Way" Champions 2018/19

and

"Made Man City Better" Champions 2018/19.

and

"Winter Champions" 2018/19.


The real domestic treble before any other club achieved it.
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I woke up this morning, and that seems to be the narrative that they're adopting.

*Face palms.

'So proud that we challenged city all the way'... Despite the fact that they bottled it!

You can't even make this absolute rubbish up! lollollol
 
davek said:
Proud moment for Liverpool fans to wake up to this morning:

"Pushed Man City All the Way" Champions 2018/19

and

"Made Man City Better" Champions 2018/19.

and

"Winter Champions" 2018/19.


The real domestic treble before any other club achieved it.
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You forgot the awards for.

Most points ever for second
0 dribbles against Van Dijk
Hearts and minds

There was also an article yesterday that said they were champions for 21 minutes so we can give them that award too. So really they have had the best season and are the real winners
 
Reidy's Bottle Of Grecian said:
I'd dispute number 2 there Dave as City didn't even need to get as many points as last time to win it, took their foot off the gas & toyed with them.
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It wont stop the media handing them that crown though. Remember, Liverpool won loads here this season. Even Man City's title is theirs, because they're responsible for keeping them winning.
 

Tommy Chong said:
I woke up this morning, and that seems to be the narrative that they're adopting.

*Face palms.

'So proud that we challenged city all the way'... Despite the fact that they bottled it!

You can't even make this absolute rubbish up! lollollol
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That lot have been on the media more than City fans have. Outnumbered City fans in the media since the final whistle by about 5 to 1. They are masters at positioning everything they do as the preferred outcome. The country now believes that second place is the bigger achievement.
 
There’ll be players in that dressing room legitimately wondering whether they’ll ever win the league in their careers now. The whole staff at that club will know the stars won’t align for them like that again. They’ll actually have to be better than everyone else for once rather than trying to fluke it.
 
Tin-Tin said:
You forgot the awards for.

Most points ever for second
0 dribbles against Van Dijk
Hearts and minds

There was also an article yesterday that said they were champions for 21 minutes so we can give them that award too. So really they have had the best season and are the real winners
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....Golden Glove for Alison too.

They actually did better than City. Its incredible. I've been celebrating for no reason whatsoever since 5pm yesterday afternoon. I feel daft now.
 

Seeing a lot of commentary that it's going to be City and the red bottlers battling it out for the forseeable - really? Ignoring for a sec that they're the biggest choke-artists in world sport, surely this season was their Leicester moment? Capitalising on an unusual situation where four of the top six sides were far less competitive in the league.

Only thing in their favour I can see is that the CL is becoming a bit of a monkey on the back for City - can see them going all in as they have to win it.
 
Saint Domingo said:
There’ll be players in that dressing room legitimately wondering whether they’ll ever win the league in their careers now. The whole staff at that club will know the stars won’t align for them like that again. They’ll actually have to be better than everyone else for once rather than trying to fluke it.
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The inconsistencies of the chasing pack undoubtedly aided both City and the RS.
But with the rats there were far too many instances of high profile individual errors by opposing team members that contributed to their mind blowing, not good enough 97 points.
 
davek said:
That lot have been on the media more than City fans have. Outnumbered City fans in the media since the final whistle by about 5 to 1. They are masters at positioning everything they do as the preferred outcome. The country now believes that second place is the bigger achievement.
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The reality is that they were 7 points ahead going into January, less than half the season left, their main competitors are on the ropes with injuries right through the spine of their team (Kompany, Mendy, De Bruyne, Fernandinho), and still involved in 4 comps to Liverpool’s 2. Rocking up to the Etihad smack in form against a City team short on confidence.

To lose it from there is a gargantuan failure. Doesn’t matter how many points they are behind or how close they pushed them, everything was in their favour. The stark truth no one in the media wants to admit is that Klopp wasn’t good enough to manage a win against City, or away against Chelsea, Arsenal, United, or Everton. He also couldn’t deal with the pressure of leading the race as seen by horrible performances against West Ham and Leicester (plus many others at that time that went unpunished). Just nowhere near good enough for title winners.

Compare that to City who won at United, Arsenal, Spurs and us (and did enough to beat Liverpool home and away)

The worry for them is that they could turn in the exact same level of performance next year and could find themselves back in the 70s points wise if things don’t go their way like they did this season.
 

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