Re: LIVERPOOL vs Man City 3/01/2019 8pm
Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2019 12:40 pm
For me it's not just about the points. 4 points clear is still a good margin and if I was offered to be in this position after 21 games I would have snapped their hands off.
However, it's more than just losing points, it's also a very psychological thing. Make no miskate, as far as City is concerned, this was their title decider. Professionals or not, had they lost or drawn yesterday it would have been a huge motivational blow for them. By winning, they get hope that it's still possible. We on the other hand finally lost a game in the PL, and while others on here think that being unbeaten is a burden for some strange reason, I think that it was a big motivational boost for our lads. So basically, what I think is that by losing this game, we've also gave City the boost to go and win 2 or 3 more games that they would have otherwise lost or drawn had they not won against us. We in turn might drop points in games that we would have otherwise won had we remained unbeaten.
All of these players and managers may hide behind the "professionals" mask all they want but motivation and hope gets to everyone and IMO it is the biggest factor we have on our side, whitout it we won't be where we are.
However, it's more than just losing points, it's also a very psychological thing. Make no miskate, as far as City is concerned, this was their title decider. Professionals or not, had they lost or drawn yesterday it would have been a huge motivational blow for them. By winning, they get hope that it's still possible. We on the other hand finally lost a game in the PL, and while others on here think that being unbeaten is a burden for some strange reason, I think that it was a big motivational boost for our lads. So basically, what I think is that by losing this game, we've also gave City the boost to go and win 2 or 3 more games that they would have otherwise lost or drawn had they not won against us. We in turn might drop points in games that we would have otherwise won had we remained unbeaten.
All of these players and managers may hide behind the "professionals" mask all they want but motivation and hope gets to everyone and IMO it is the biggest factor we have on our side, whitout it we won't be where we are.