Liverpool know greater than anybody how slim the margins might 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.
Taking part in the ‘what if’ sport might be excruciating, a type of torture that we’re opening ourselves as much as as we mirror 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 ultimate defeats towards Actual Madrid are apparent choices, 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 workforce to lifting the trophy the next season, however think about successful back-to-back titles?!
As for 2021/22, this was a workforce 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 heading in the right direction.
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, guaranteeing the defeat on the Etihad was the decisive consequence.
Roberto Firmino scored a workforce objective for the ages, nevertheless it was Leroy Sane who scored the winner after Sergio Aguero’s opener, and let’s not overlook 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 overlook 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 adequate for the title – and that was once more the case in 2021/22.
In fact, you possibly can 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 laborious to look past the travesty that was the 1-0 defeat at Leicester, a workforce 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 certain to punish the pricey error.
Alter this consequence to a victory and it’s Liverpool successful the league by two factors and ending the marketing campaign with a treble.
