Rory here's an example for you, till only a few years ago people didn't realise what a massive bottler Zlatan was because of the "I'm Lion" and mentality BS he sells. Only recently people realised his tremendous record as a magician in the CL with his go-to trick being: Vanishing and...
A lot of it is just perception and impression you leave on the masses. You craft a reputation based on a certain period. A lot of it is pure luck and things falling into the right place.
Some players tend to have a more clutch reputation. I'm sure RL9 has way better stats than most players in...
Think it came down to Courtois having an all-timer at the end rather than midfield culture. We created ample amount of chances but their keeper was insane that night.
Klopp teams are structured in a way where you normally have worhorses in midfield rather than elite technicians.
I have never done that to someone for suggesting Real will win.
I said we were definitely the better team but with Real in a final you never know.
What exactly did I say? I could never fundamentally deny Madrid's chances. I'm sure about that. I know myself! :lol:
No one is calling him a bottler but he has infamously had his moments of succumbing under pressure plenty of times.
Ofcourse, he'll still have decent stats because he's a GOAT who played in one of the greatest teams ever in Barca's golden period winning trophies left, right and centre.
But...
Gerrard was always super clutch for us. Has to be up there surely.
Carragher recently said: "Whenever we had no clue as a team, and that was quite often, we always just gave it to Stevie thinking 'he'll come up with something' and most of the time, he did."
That sums up most of his LFC...
You keep winning shit though.
We went through a horrendous phase and when we were back, we missed out on some huge trophies.
We should have ideally had 2 PLs and CLs in Klopp's stint and a bunch of cups.
Such a cloud of regret surrounds me whenever I think about it.
Last CL will always be...
Anyone remembers Dustin Brown? The streets will never forget his game at Wimbledon against Rafa. The most entertaining display you'll see on a Tennis Court. Ridiculous.
It's players like these I miss a lot. True Mavericks.
Loved Del Potro's power forehands which just looked crazy on TV(even...
I still can't get over the fact that we lost the league in 18/19 with 97 points. I will never get over it. This era could have been so decorated if not for Oil City. No excuses for losing the second final against Real with a superior squad.
The QF after COVID was when they had prime Lewandowski ruled out with injury. Flick's Bayern were electrifying for a good year atleast.
Both us and Bayern were better cup teams but as a league team overall, City take it.
Apart from Pep's Barca at it's pomp, Pep's City are the best league team easily. Way better than any iteration of Real and Liverpool in this era. Bayern at their best might be close but City edges them as a league team.