Liverpool know greater than anybody how slim the margins will be between silverware and being left empty-handed, a lot in order that solely 4 outcomes would want to alter to show two trophies into six.
Enjoying the ‘what if’ sport will be excruciating, a type of torture that we’re opening ourselves as much as as we mirror on what may have been with Jurgen Klopp.
The German has accomplished the set at Anfield, and his legacy will reverberate for generations, but when we may rewrite historical past there can be 4 matches we might flip to.
By doing so, one Premier League title and one Champions League trophy would flip to a few apiece – all by altering simply these 4 outcomes…
Champions League finals vs. Actual Madrid
The 2 Champions League ultimate defeats towards Actual Madrid are apparent picks, change the 2 outcomes and one European Cup turns into three.
The Reds’ run to the 2017/18 ultimate was sudden and that loss did catapult the crew to lifting the trophy the next season, however think about successful back-to-back titles?!
As for 2021/22, this was a crew that had been chasing a historic quadruple, however a heroic man-of-the-match efficiency from Thibaut Courtois was what denied the Reds in Paris, with Actual Madrid scoring from their one in all solely two pictures on track.
From three finals and one trophy to a few finals and three trophies, all by altering simply two outcomes…
Man Metropolis 2-1 Liverpool – January 2019
Just one level proved the distinction between Liverpool and Man Metropolis in 2018/19, guaranteeing the defeat on the Etihad was the decisive outcome.
Roberto Firmino scored a crew aim for the ages, but it surely was Leroy Sane who scored the winner after Sergio Aguero’s opener, and let’s not neglect John Stones’ clearance simply 11mm away from the goalline!
Altering this defeat right into a win would have resulted in Liverpool successful the Premier League as invincibles and centurions – and even a draw would have been sufficient for the title.
And let’s not neglect it might have been a Premier League and Champions League double…
Small, small margins!
Leicester 1-0 Liverpool – December 2021
It’s astonishing that in a season with solely two defeats it’s nonetheless not ok for the title – and that was once more the case in 2021/22.
In fact, you might argue to alter any one of many 10 video games that noticed Liverpool drop factors on this marketing campaign – together with the 2 2-2 attracts towards eventual winners Man Metropolis.
Nonetheless, it’s exhausting to look past the travesty that was the 1-0 defeat at Leicester, a crew who had been tenth on the time of the Reds’ go to and had no enterprise turning us over.
Mohamed Salah missed a penalty early on to present Liverpool the lead, and ex-Everton man Ademola Lookman made positive to punish the expensive error.
Alter this outcome to a victory and it’s Liverpool successful the league by two factors and ending the marketing campaign with a treble.
