Except when they play City or Chelsea, who they always, without fail, look a league below.
For a team so relentless against the also rans, the way they get outclassed vs their 2 main rivals, even if the officials consistently work it so they get a draw to try to keep the title race alive, is quite clear for everyone to see.
It’s not unusual, it literally happens every time they go head to head and it just shows why they’re not quite there yet and only have 2 major trophies in almost 8 years which everyone knows is massively underwhelming and why no one other than Liverpool fans will ever think of them as a great team.
For me, the way they speak about this team just minimises what their truly great teams did achieve. It also shows how low their standards have dropped and how difficult the last 30 years have been for them.
This is not a great Liverpool team, 2 trophies in 8 years makes that undeniable.
There just spent 5 years dismissing as irrelevant City’s league cup wins but now, as they head to a final, it suddenly becomes important again. It would be massive to us but the truth is, a milk cup means nothing in isolation if you’re claiming to have had a great season and they know it.
