Socrates wrote:Ted Hughes wrote:Chinners wrote:london blue 2 wrote:Buzzin about this weekends results but I don't know how people think Liverpool buckled at the first bit of pressure. If playing your main title rivals at home isn't pressure then I dunno what is... And they beat us.
Fully expect them to win their last two. The onus is on us now. NO EXCUSES
THIS 100%
The reason it was pressure v Chelsea & not v City is because v City they had the ' battling underdog' status with everything to win & nothing to lose. When they played Chelsea they could only lose.
They bottled it v City at 2-0, but Vinny handed them the game, just as they were about to cave in. Skrotal's injury time handball was another example of total panic & could have thrown away the title.
They are by no means certain to win their last 2 if we lose or draw at Everton. Chelsea will become a big problem. Look at Mourinho's reaction to their win. He knows it's a possibility Liverpool will shit it but no doubt hoped we would fuck it up at Palace.
We want to make sure we take at least a point from Goodison or Chelsea may well be champions.
"Vinny handed them the game" is a bit OTT. He handed them a chance and the lad took it brilliantly. You have to give them some credit even though the general point that they were wavering is true.
I have been giving them credit. I said if they win the remaining games that they absolutely deserve to win the league. But they haven't.
In that game, they were miles better than us to start with, feeding on the occasion. Then the pressure kicked in, we took over & were tearing them a new arsehole. The sullen tone of Martin Tyler's voice when Silva scored the first was a dead giveaway. Both he & Nev***e knew they were in deep shit & just seconds before Vinny handed them the game on a plate, Silva was half a toe away from directing Aguero's pass into an empty net to make it 3-2. A goal was coming.
Vinny's bizarre clearence allowed them to pack their own box & hit us on the break instead of us doing it to them. Even then they got away with the handball of the season in the final seconds.
They didn't deserve to win v City & were very very lucky.