Troy Deeney says that he feels sorry for Liverpool for having their season spoiled by the coronavirus outbreak but believes all integrity has been lost from the season.
Yesterday saw the announcement which every Liverpool fan was waiting for regarding the resumption of the Premier League after a three month hiatus.
As has been previously stated, there are to be no fans inside Football grounds for the foreseeable future meaning it will be somewhat of a empty existence for players, managers and officials alike.
Jürgen Klopp and his players were masters in keeping their emotions in check whenever they were asked about winning the title.
But it would have only been natural for them to let their mind drift and envisage the complete joy and euphoric scenes that would have taken place at Anfield come the end of the season.
Watford captain Troy Deeney has been one of the main voices from the players expressing doubt on the resumption of the season.
Now that a return looks virtually guaranteed, the striker feels that the title win will always come with an asterisk attached.
Football 365 (via CNN) reported Deeney as saying.
“I believe that when it comes to the integrity of this season anyway, it’s already gone.
“I feel sorry for Liverpool because no matter how it plays out, they deserve to win the league. They deserve to get the trophy.
“But no matter how it plays out, even if we play all the games, it’s still going to be the year spoiled by the pandemic. It’s not going to be that year that Liverpool won the league being the best team and, you know, it’s 30 years they haven’t won for.
“So I do feel sorry for Liverpool and their players and Jordan [Henderson], but in terms of integrity, there’s no way you could say that this is a viable competition.
“It’s like running a marathon, 20 odd miles, stopping for two months and then sprinting the last bit and going: ‘Ah, that was a good time that.'”
As Liverpool fans know all too well, it’s not over until the finishing line is crossed.
There are two wins required until the Reds are officially crowned as champions.
And as we have seen during this hiatus, there will be those who try to pour a level of doubt on the achievement or in case of Deeney, deliver a level of faint praise.
In terms of the marathon analogy of Deeney, there will be no team to emerge from the pack and therefore no sprinting required.
Simply because, Liverpool are way out in front, the hard work has already been done as they have broken the back of their challengers.
We live in a democracy and opinions like Deeney's are more than welcome to be noted.
But the cold hard truth is asterisk or not, Liverpool have more than proven themselves as a class above this season.
And when it is all said and done, this trophy will sit very nicely amongst all the other pieces of silverware in the Liverpool trophy cabinet.
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