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Talk of an LFC 'collapse' is a misguided notion (ESPN article)

by Dave Usher for ESPN

 

Liverpool go into their final game of the season this weekend against Newcastle United with a chance of winning the Premier League title. It's not in their hands anymore, and it's a relatively slim chance after Manchester City comfortably saw off an under-strength Aston Villa on Wednesday night, but they still have a chance of pipping Manuel Pellegrini's men to the title. That's more than anyone else can say, and it represents remarkable progress for the Reds this season.

 

Not that it has stopped fans from up and down the country from relentlessly mocking Steven Gerrard and his side for their "failure" of course, but there's something highly amusing about Evertonians laughing at Liverpool's plight when their own team has thrown away a Champions League spot by losing three out of their last four games. Still, as long as Liverpool aren't winning anything, eh?

 

I'm not going to worry about Tottenham Hotspur's official Twitter account revelling in the tears of Luis Suarez either. The Reds hammered Spurs twice this season; they would do well to remember that, especially as back in August most people expected the North Londoners to be finishing above Liverpool. Then there's Manchester United, who have been reduced to cheering for the "noisy neighbours," such is their desperation not to see Liverpool winning the title. I'm struggling to imagine how that must feel; talk about being stuck between a rock and a hard place.

 

No doubt others are getting their kicks out of Liverpool's "collapse" too, but let them. The truth is that the Reds have lost just one game in 2014 and have taken more points than anybody else in that period, so there has been no "collapse" at all. And who knows, victory against Newcastle this weekend may yet see the title return to Merseyside for the first time since 1990. There would be an awful lot of egg on an awful lot of faces should that happen.

 

For that unlikely scenario to transpire, City would have to lose at home to West Ham of course, which although unlikely, is far from impossible, especially given the way this crazy season has played out thus far. Liverpool have no control of what happens at the Etihad, however, and simply have to concentrate on winning their own game and ending their season in a manner befitting of how they have played all year.

 

Read the full article here.


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