Liverpool know greater than anybody how slim the margins may be between silverware and being left empty-handed, a lot in order that solely 4 outcomes would wish to vary to show two trophies into six.
Enjoying the ‘what if’ recreation may be excruciating, a type of torture that we’re opening ourselves as much as as we replicate on what might have been with Jurgen Klopp.
The German has accomplished the set at Anfield, and his legacy will reverberate for generations, but when we might rewrite historical past there can be 4 matches we’d flip to.
By doing so, one Premier League title and one Champions League trophy would flip to 3 apiece – all by altering simply these 4 outcomes…
Champions League finals vs. Actual Madrid
The 2 Champions League remaining defeats in opposition to Actual Madrid are apparent alternatives, change the 2 outcomes and one European Cup turns into three.
The Reds’ run to the 2017/18 remaining was sudden and that loss did catapult the staff to lifting the trophy the next season, however think about profitable back-to-back titles?!
As for 2021/22, this was a staff 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 considered one of solely two photographs on track.
From three finals and one trophy to 3 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, making certain the defeat on the Etihad was the decisive end result.
Roberto Firmino scored a staff objective for the ages, however it 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 profitable 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 may argue to vary any one of many 10 video games that noticed Liverpool drop factors on this marketing campaign – together with the 2 2-2 attracts in opposition to eventual winners Man Metropolis.
Nevertheless, it’s arduous to look past the travesty that was the 1-0 defeat at Leicester, a staff who have 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 provide Liverpool the lead, and ex-Everton man Ademola Lookman made certain to punish the pricey error.
Alter this end result to a victory and it’s Liverpool profitable the league by two factors and ending the marketing campaign with a treble.
