It was such a wonderful opportunity for Liverpool, how did they waste it?They were more than respected, more than appreciated. They were revered, they were revered, for God’s sake, they were even popular.
This is the hardest trick of all for champions, the most categorical: to be loved.
However, when Jurgen Klopp’s hard-thinking and hard-thinking team won the name last season, the fiercest opponent can blame them.
Liverpool infrequently angry Premier League champions who enjoyed and revered
And everything they had to do to stay there, at the height of English football, not Manchester United. And they couldn’t do it. It couldn’t be the club that shows up at each and every Premier League meeting with a selfish bad idea, it couldn’t have been the club that needs to intimidate 14 others.
It could not be the club that demands power, fame and all the money, nor could it be the club that would sell English football to Rick Parry, UEFA or Andrea Agnelli to Juventus for a bag of money.
That’s all Liverpool had to be. Manchester United didn’t, and they ruined it.
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