(05-05-2022, 09:27 AM)lorcand1990 Wrote: I saw an interesting stat that Liverpool will have played every possible fixture that could have been available to them at the start of the season, don't know if that's ever happened to an English team before?We have, in 2001
That was the UEFA Cup though. This is the first time anyone has made the finals of the CL, FA Cup and League Cup
(05-05-2022, 02:11 PM)aaronjennings Wrote: I never thought I'd say it, but personally I'd much rather face Real in the final. After a full season of going toe-to-toe with City in the Premier League, the hype around a CL final between the two would have been massive, especially since the final is less than a week after the final round of the PL
From a footballing perspective, there's no question that Liverpool vs Man City would have been the most attractive fixture. But from a Liverpool perspective, IMO a final against "not-City" releases some of the pressure on that match already
Of course, Real are the champions of Spain with several games remaining, and have shown how stubbornly hard-headed they are in the Champions League, so it's not going to be an easy match by any stretch of the imagination
But I do think it will be a less-stressful build-up to it, and even if Liverpool are still on for the Q-word going into that match, it'd be better to lose it to Real than an English side
Yep, I agree with every word of this!
Ultimately I don't think there's much difference to the chances of us winning based on who we're playing. I do think Real are weaker, but get the counter argument.
For me, I never want to play English teams in Europe, it doesn't feel like Europe then. Plus losing to City is an unbearable thought, losing to Real not so much. And winning will feel like winning no matter who we beat