They did it again. A draw, 0-0 today, at home against a relegation-threatened club, this time Stoke.
After a 5-2 Champions League semi-final win at Fenway over Roma.
After leading 5-0, allowing two away goals to toss Roma a lifeline.
Ahead of the second leg of the Roma tie Wednesday.
After a 2-2 draw at dead last West Brom.
After knocking Man City out of the UCL 11 days earlier at Etihad.
This--A.D.D.-afflicted? Schizophrenic?--team now sit a squirmy fourth in the Premier League, the last slot for automatic qualification into the group stages of the 2018/19 UCL.
Four points ahead of Spurs.
Who have two matches in hand.
Who have earned exactly two points per match through 34.
Which would put them exactly level on points with LFC with the added matches.
Liverpool would claim the fourth spot on a projected five goal difference.
Liverpool's last two league matches are at fifth Chelsea and home to 13th Brighton. Who's to predict those?
Spurs last four matches are Monday home to 12th Watford (win), next Saturday at West Brom (win).
Which would put them two points ahead of Liverpool after playing the same 36 matches.
Home to 10th Newcastle (win).
Home to 9th Leicester (draw, let's say they slip up and draw that one).
Those projected Spurs results would net them a final 78 points. Liverpool would match on points if they win their final two league matches. And claim the fourth UCL spot on goal difference. But if Liverpool slip...Slip?! Hit it!
Que Gerrard, Gerrard,
He fell on his bloody arse,
He passed it to Demba Ba,
Que Gerrard, Gerrard.
If Liverpool slip up again (say, at Chelsea?) and don't win their final two matches they would finish fifth and have to play in the qualifying stages of next year's Champions League.
Squirmy. Strange. Strange, strange Liverpool.
After a 5-2 Champions League semi-final win at Fenway over Roma.
After leading 5-0, allowing two away goals to toss Roma a lifeline.
Ahead of the second leg of the Roma tie Wednesday.
After a 2-2 draw at dead last West Brom.
After knocking Man City out of the UCL 11 days earlier at Etihad.
This--A.D.D.-afflicted? Schizophrenic?--team now sit a squirmy fourth in the Premier League, the last slot for automatic qualification into the group stages of the 2018/19 UCL.
Four points ahead of Spurs.
Who have two matches in hand.
Who have earned exactly two points per match through 34.
Which would put them exactly level on points with LFC with the added matches.
Liverpool would claim the fourth spot on a projected five goal difference.
Liverpool's last two league matches are at fifth Chelsea and home to 13th Brighton. Who's to predict those?
Spurs last four matches are Monday home to 12th Watford (win), next Saturday at West Brom (win).
Which would put them two points ahead of Liverpool after playing the same 36 matches.
Home to 10th Newcastle (win).
Home to 9th Leicester (draw, let's say they slip up and draw that one).
Those projected Spurs results would net them a final 78 points. Liverpool would match on points if they win their final two league matches. And claim the fourth UCL spot on goal difference. But if Liverpool slip...Slip?! Hit it!
Que Gerrard, Gerrard,
He fell on his bloody arse,
He passed it to Demba Ba,
Que Gerrard, Gerrard.
If Liverpool slip up again (say, at Chelsea?) and don't win their final two matches they would finish fifth and have to play in the qualifying stages of next year's Champions League.
Squirmy. Strange. Strange, strange Liverpool.
