In contention for a historic quadruple, Liverpool finally ended the season with two titles. Defeated in the Champions League final by Real Madrid (0-1) on Saturday, the Reds paid for their filthy inefficiency against an opponent who did not wait for the penalty shootout to win.
Klopp can smile yellow…
Liverpool’s season could have ended with a bang. It finally ended with a bitter taste. In contention for a historic quadruple, the Reds have only managed to get their hands on two titles, leaving the Premier League to Manchester City and the Champions League to Real Madrid. But in these proofs, there is a common denominator: the attack was not effective enough.
Real is not Chelsea
In the League Cup and the FA Cup, it had no consequences. In the two finals against Chelsea, the 2020 English champions had to wait for the penalty shootout to make the difference. Two very tight matches that tipped in their favour. Facing the White House, the pass of three was not possible. Because if the Blues did not shake the nets of Liverpool either, the Merengues, who showed in the previous rounds their ability to make the difference with crumbs, punished Alisson Becker on their only real opportunity by Vinicius Jr.
The most frustrating? It’s because Liverpool had more chances at the Stade de France than in their two Wembley games against the Blues. If douard Mendy had managed to make 8 saves in the two finals, Thibaut Courtois, he made 9 saves to repel the English assaults. Mohamed Salah, Sadio Man, Thiago Alcntara, Diogo Jota, none managed to shake the Belgian goalkeeper, who delivered the best performance of his career. A difficult reality to accept for a team that made the game from the first to the last minute.
A goal, no matter how…
Fatalistic, Jrgen Klopp accepted his fate. What did we miss tonight? A goal. We shot 23 times and on target nine times, that’s a great number for a final, but the ball has to cross the line… Courtois was the man of the match, that says it all. No matter what kind of goal we could have scored, we missed that goal. It’s like that, you have to accept it , sighed the German manager. See you next season to resolve these efficiency issues.
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