Having ruled out Arsenal and Manchester City, we have no choice but to offer five reasons, and always five reasons why Liverpool won't win the title too.
So two of these three parts will end up as wise prophecies, but the other will make us look foolish. This is significantly higher than our standard forecast ratio, and frankly we are very pleased.
Here are the strong and convincing reasons why Man City can't win the title,During Read more about why Arsenal are doomed here.
So, here's the final contender in this three-way battle…
they shouldn't be here today
It's a bit vague and redundant, but there's no doubt that Liverpool are like, “What are you doing here?” This year's candidates. That's strange in itself, given their longstanding status as City's closest/only rivals during the Guardiola era, but it's true nonetheless.
Literally everyone on the planet expected City to be in the title race. Arsenal being Arsenal, there was some question as to whether they could back up last season's unexpected effort, and it's no surprise that the answer turned out to be a resounding yes.
But Liverpool? This team was in a period of transition, forced to overhaul its midfield at short notice, and set in the run-up to a season in which a return to the Champions League was a reasonable limit to expectations.
They were barely even mentioned in preseason predictions.
We are on the path of cognitive dissonance favored by many Liverpool fans, where the Reds are unparalleled giant 'This Means More' merchants, yet at the same time tiny underdogs valiantly fighting the good fight against unstoppable forces. I don't want to go too far down the cognitive dissonance path of being, but they are definitely the rogue elements of this scrap.
It seems an odd thing to say about a team still in the lead with 11 games to play, but if this title race becomes a two-horse race, it feels like Liverpool will be the ones to break out of the lead. Sure, they do things in the skin of their butts far too often, even though we can all enjoy watching them embarrass Mark Clattenburg, who embarrasses the gladiators. .
Injury Crisisâ„¢
Given some of the reports, it's fair to think that “having players out with injuries” is a unique new technique that Liverpool have launched, but it's also a ridiculous and extreme example of this genre. be.
Suddenly, Liverpool are suffering from an injury crisis, with Mohamed Salah, Curtis Jones, Ryan Gravenbirch, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Diogo Jota, Alisson, Stefan Bazicetic, Thiago, Joel Matip, Ben -I lost Dork.
Of these, only Bazicetic can reach the “top team” along with nine other integrated elements of various levels. This list includes Salah, Alexander-Arnold, Alisson and Virgil van Dijk, three members considered to be Liverpool's core four, and also has too many absences for any team to comfortably negotiate. It also includes a midfielder who is too good.
But here's the problem. This injury list is so large that it would be cumbersome to deal with for an entire season, but it's really just a list of players who are currently sidelined. Darwin Nuñez and Dominik Szoboszlai are looking to return from injury, while Wataru Endo, who suffered a bruise in the Carabao final, is not allowed to sustain a serious injury as there are no other players available. Ta.
4x bid
The peculiarity of Quadruples is that not only does it happen rarely, but even an Icarus-like attempt to fly towards that particular sun can unravel an entire season. There is a warning from history for Liverpool in the form of arch-rivals Manchester United last season.
Now, like Liverpool this year, United were never fully in the title race, but despite the media pretending for five minutes that Erik ten Hag's gang were, they I was on the periphery. And there was a very good-looking chance to add the Europa League and FA Cup to Carabao's early success.
Our point is that those are not disparate situations at all, with United left tired, depleted and unable to add anything to their trophy cabinet after the Carabao game. They managed to reach the FA Cup final, but suffered a crushing two-game defeat to Sevilla in the last eight of the Europa League, extinguishing any distant title aspirations they may have had around the same time last year. In the three games starting with Matches Liverpool fans may remember at Anfield They then played to a goalless draw at home with relegation-plagued Southampton, followed by a decent win against Newcastle.
Liverpool have just completed four matches in 11 days, and today they embark on another run of the same kind across three competitions, including fixtures against both Manchester clubs, before the international break. And there is little room for the fixture list to relax in the weeks and months that follow.
emotional farewell
To be fair, Liverpool have reasonably kept this in check so far, but the longer the title trajectory continues and the more likely it actually happens, the more Jurgen Klopp's farewell title bid. Rumors will grow even more.
Klopp himself is clearly aware of this and is doing everything he can to suppress it, but even he can only do so much to cover it up. If there's one club that can cope with the idea that the situation might mean something more to them than their rivals, it's moving from a source of inspiration to an albatross around their neck, and Liverpool's young capital There is still a great possibility that it will suffocate under what weight. By definition, it's his one-off opportunity, which is unique for this particular storyline, and doesn't apply to north London or Manchester.
4th and 5th
The top three may be clean sheets on the road, but the next two have opened up a gap of their own against the rest. While Aston Villa have consistently performed very well all season, Spurs are by no means consistent, but they bring a chaotic energy that almost rivals that of Liverpool.
Both are clearly very dangerous opponents and Liverpool are set to face them in quick succession as the title race becomes most intense in early May. Neither City nor Arsenal were able to beat Tottenham at home, with both teams losing at Villa Park.
Even if Liverpool manage to claw their way through the vast thicket of matches that stand between them and their ticklish problem without losing their sense, to remain in contention they will need to avoid just one or both accidents. It is very likely that you should avoid it.
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