No I don’t think anyone thinks that. However, I reckon if you looked at the sides that City and Liverpool have had to play to get to finals in recent years it is shocking.
I was saying to folk today that Liverpool, city and Chelsea would avoid each other and lo and behold they do. I dunno whether they recorded a few draws until they got the one they wanted to the balls were heated up so they felt warmer in Southgates hand but it is a bizarre coincidence that those teams seem to get through to the latter stages year on year without having to play against each other
I do think this is where bias comes into play. Chelsea are the best example of this- the last two seasons show you exactly that it is luck of the draw. A quick google tells me that to reach the reach the final last season they played Morecambe, Luton, Barnsley, Sheffield United, Man City and then Leicester in the final (that they lost). So admittedly a pretty easy run right up until the semi.
However the season before they played
Nottingham Forest, Hull, Liverpool, Leicester Man United and then Arsenal (again they lost). That’s a pretty solid cup run.
I feel like it only seems biased at this stage because we’re in it ourselves and have a vested interest.
