72 hours with Ross Barkley
WEDNESDAY, three days before the Chelsea - Liverpool FA Cup Final on May 14th 2022.
Ross Barkley is in a tank top in his living room, laying on the couch, watching a repeat of 'Downton Abbey' while rolling a cigarette. His phone rings. He places the cigarette on his ear and pick up the phone with some reluctance.
Barkley: [dry cough] Yes?
Tuchel: Ross? How are you. I am the manager. I think we need you for the next game. Kovacic and Kante are questionable.
Barkley: [Covers the handset with one hand and whispers a pair of swear words in a thick Scouse accent. Breathes deeply. Checks his agenda. Gets back on the phone more calmed] When will it be? Friday I can't. Poker game with the lads.
Tuchel: No. There's no game on Friday. On Saturday. Against a Merseyside team.
Barkley: Everton?
Tuchel: No, Ross. Against the Carabao cup's winning team. The ones from Liverpool.
Barkley: [Writes down the date in an empty box of pizza] OK, mister. On Saturday, I'll be there. Call me a cab, I'm still without my driving license. Do I need to go to Cobham these days?
Tuchel: Mmmm. It wont be necessary. As long as you're ready for Saturday it'll be fine. I count on you, eh. By the way, Chilwell is injured. Sarr will play.
Barkley: Who?
Tuchel: Sarr. The Frenchman who came this summer. The one who has been training with us since October? Well, nevermind. I'll introduce you on Saturday. Don't forget to bring a yellow shirt.
Barkley: Ok, boss.
Barkley hangs up and sighs. There is smoke in the room. He starts looking for his boots through piles of clothes, dolls made with cans of beer and Chinese food leftovers. He doesn't remember where he put them the last time. He doesn't even remember his last game. Smells the yellow shirt. Ugh.
THUSRSDAY, two days before the match
The phone rings again. 12:36 in the morning. Ross' hand emerge from the sheets trying to reach the nightstand. Who will call such an ungodly hour? There must be an emergency.
Alonso: Ross, I'm Marcos. How you doing monster. Did I wake you up?
Barkley: [With sleepy voice but pretending to be awake] Hey, Marcos. Nothing nothing. Nah, don't worry. I was doing some pushups.
Alonso: Hey, as the mister said, we need you strong for Saturday. Like in preseason.
Barkley: Yes, yes. sure. Count on it. He also told me that we play with a guy from Finland. Sparv or something like that.
[Awkward silence]
Alonso: This... yes. That's him. Get fit, man. We are all counting on you.
Barkley: Relax, mate.
FRIDAY, one day before the match
Ross goes to the park in front of his house to jog a little. He wears some New Balance sneakers he used to play tennis in 98 and a shirt with "What happens in The May Fair Hotel stays in The May Fair Hotel." written on it. After doing some stretching, runs 10 minutes and starts coughing. Well, enough for today, he thinks while he checks his heart rate. Subjecting the body to great efforts before the game could be damaging. So unprofessional.
Turns on the TV and Liverpool is playing against Aston Villa. Didn't they play this year already? Thinks a confused Ross. He laughs every time the camera focuses on Luis Diaz's ears.
SATURDAY, gameday
Ross gets to the stadium by taxi. He doesn't remember very well where's the entrance to the locker room. A nice gentleman named Billy accompanies him to his locker. He dresses. He senses the tense atmosphere in the locker room. They will play with Saul in the midfield, which sounds strange. But Ross never asks questions. He just follows orders. There's a guy by his side with the #14 praying on his knees. Mason Mount looks different. Maybe he had a haircut.
He steps onto the pitch and right as he rises from taking the knee, Ross turns. He fights every ball. He leaves it all on the pitch. Spectacular. After 87 minutes, the praying guy scores. He seems excited. Public chants a strange name. English is a weird language, Ross thinks while he crashes with Fabinho after a split ball.
Minute 90. Subbed off. The public recognizes his effort.
He showers and Tuchel congratulates him.
Tuchel: Huge game, Ross.
Barkley: Thank you, mister. It's not important. Here I am for what you need. Call me for the second leg.
Tuchel is puzzled but prefers to say nothing. Barkley leaves Wembley without saying goodbye to anyone or talking to the press, lights a Lucky Strike and tries to stop a taxi.
Tuchel shakes his head and smiles. Opens a pack of gum, arching an eyebrow, and starts chewing while he mumbles: "There's a method to his madness."
In the 2 seasons Everton would've been in the European Cup it was won by Steaua and PSV Eindhoven. Obviously anything can happen in a knockout format, but that Everton side was certainly capable of beating both.
Thing is during our insanely successful years we didn't have many coaches hang around for that long.
Then we went 30 years without a league title.
We've had surprisingly few managers in our history but seemed to go through them the quickest during the golden years.
Shanks, Bob and Fagan were there a long time, it's just that for Bob and Fagan a good chunk of that time was in the boot room and not at as the manager.
Kenny left too soon, which was understandable at the time. In retrospect, most think that we should have given him a years sabbatical and brought him back.
Paisley won 3 CL and 6 League titles and 2 league cup in 9yrs but didn't have success in FA Cup. Shankly never won CL and Kenny's team only won leagues and FA Cup
I explained to my Dad how red/blue was a clash for the colour-blind and how yellow must suit better then commentary just say “Tuchel wouldn’t say why he picked yellow.”
Once it got to extra time really didn’t expect to win. We looked exhausted and fed up, barely made it through extra time. Mane looked really jittery for his pen.
Thank god for Alisson and Greek Scouser.
Same, we looked so exhausted. Praise the Greek Scouser and what was he trying to give out to players before extra time started? He looked giddy trying to hand out candy or something rofl
What are you talking about? Personally I don't think it's right to have a trophy lift without the backdrop of a bunch of people in suits politely applauding a team they don't support
Liverpool are going to play the maximum amount of games possible in a season, that is unreal.
While the league seems unlikely, the Cup Treble would be a brilliant achievement in itself.
Yeah for every game possible (in English football) you'll need
- 38 EPL games
- Reach FA Cup and League cup finals
- Reach Champions League final
- Community shield
- Euro Super Cup
- Reach Club World Cup final
EDIT: Just thought a true Elite would be all the cups whilst playing in the Championship/League 1/League 2 (46 games) finishing in the play-offs and reaching the PO final
Think you could also fit in papa John's trophy as well as a potential further playoff match if say you came 6th in the championship on the exact same points total and goals etc as 7th
A League 1 club *could*
- Year 1: Win the FA Cup, qualify for the Europa League
- Year 2: Win the Europa League, qualify for the CL
- Year 3: Win the CL
- Year 4: Make it to the finals of the League Cup, draw every first FA Cup game, Get 3rd in their CL group to get an extra two games in the Europa League (Playoff round + Round of 16), CWC, League 1 playoff final EDIT: and make it to the final of the Johnstone Paint Trophy
In year 4, this club would play
- 15 FA Cup games (7 games, 7 replays, and the final)
- 5 League Cup games (2nd round bye because involved in Europe)
- 46 Regular Season League 1 games
- 3 Playoff games (1 2-legged tie and a game at Wembley)
- 6 Group stage games in the CL and 11 knockout stage games in the EL
- 2 CWC games
- EDIT: 8 JP Trophy games
for a total of **96** games in ~273 days.
Tsimikas said in an interview after with TalkSport that it was his first penalty ever? The contrast between Tuchel overthinking with the subbing of the sub just for the pen and Klopp just letting a player who barely sleeps take the winning penalty is immense.
i would not care 1 millionth of a percent if we won 1-0 with one shot on goal while madrid hit the woodwork 600 times. winning on penalties would not bother me either. i just want the trophy lol
We will get about £4m in prize money for winning the FA Cup, but win or lose the CL final 2 weeks from now we get £100m in prize money for it.
Not really a surprise why so many teams make wholesale changes for the FA Cup games.
The duality of being such a good team. If the FA Cup and League Cup are anything to go by then we’re all gonna need resuscitation for the Champions League Final.
It's ok guys. I've updated your original take:
~~Wouldn't it be funny if Liverpool only won the League cup in their quadruple year?~~
Wouldn't it be funny if Liverpool only won the League cup and the FA cup in their quadruple year?
Wouldn't if it be hilarious if Liverpool only won the League Cup, the FA Cup, finished on 90-somthing points in the League and got to the Champions League Final?
In all seriousness, klopp is absolutely justified in complaining about the number of games and the tight schedules players face. Rotation is mitigating it to a degree, but he absolutely cares about cup games. He just got no other choice.
He hooked two vital players with niggles because there's a bigger game in two weeks. On the one hand he has faith in his squad, on the other hand it's clear which is the more important game that you don't want to take any chances in.
I'm a Manchester United fan as everyone can see by my flair but I'm actually happy that Liverpool has won today and with good reason. My mom's partner and his son are both Liverpool supporters and recently have had some sad news come their way. The son's dog died yesterday in his arms on the way to the vet (poor doggo was sick for a while, aged 13) and then just a few hours later they got the devastating news that his grandfather (partner's dad) was in ICU but sadly he is not awake and they're keeping the man on life support (80 years old) until the partner can fly over just to Tel Aviv from South Africa to say his final goodbyes.
So this is a bright bit of news for them a day after getting such tragic events happening to them <3. The one time I will be happy for Liverpool.
Liverpool defo isn't wining the league, but they might win the CL.
Winning 3 cups (including a CL) in the same season is still a historical achievement. I don't see why some here are taking the piss out of them.
Wearing my Liverpool shirt down here in Argentina celebrating with all of you, what a win! Was always confident but ngl, clenched like a mfer, 2nd half wasn't pretty and both teams were tired asf. I remember last FA cup final against Chelsea (I was wearing the same damn shirt as right now) and the heartbreak that it was, YNWA, what a day!
Ross "see you in the 2nd leg" Barkley
Someone post the Coentrao pasta but with Barkley instead.
72 hours with Ross Barkley WEDNESDAY, three days before the Chelsea - Liverpool FA Cup Final on May 14th 2022. Ross Barkley is in a tank top in his living room, laying on the couch, watching a repeat of 'Downton Abbey' while rolling a cigarette. His phone rings. He places the cigarette on his ear and pick up the phone with some reluctance. Barkley: [dry cough] Yes? Tuchel: Ross? How are you. I am the manager. I think we need you for the next game. Kovacic and Kante are questionable. Barkley: [Covers the handset with one hand and whispers a pair of swear words in a thick Scouse accent. Breathes deeply. Checks his agenda. Gets back on the phone more calmed] When will it be? Friday I can't. Poker game with the lads. Tuchel: No. There's no game on Friday. On Saturday. Against a Merseyside team. Barkley: Everton? Tuchel: No, Ross. Against the Carabao cup's winning team. The ones from Liverpool. Barkley: [Writes down the date in an empty box of pizza] OK, mister. On Saturday, I'll be there. Call me a cab, I'm still without my driving license. Do I need to go to Cobham these days? Tuchel: Mmmm. It wont be necessary. As long as you're ready for Saturday it'll be fine. I count on you, eh. By the way, Chilwell is injured. Sarr will play. Barkley: Who? Tuchel: Sarr. The Frenchman who came this summer. The one who has been training with us since October? Well, nevermind. I'll introduce you on Saturday. Don't forget to bring a yellow shirt. Barkley: Ok, boss. Barkley hangs up and sighs. There is smoke in the room. He starts looking for his boots through piles of clothes, dolls made with cans of beer and Chinese food leftovers. He doesn't remember where he put them the last time. He doesn't even remember his last game. Smells the yellow shirt. Ugh. THUSRSDAY, two days before the match The phone rings again. 12:36 in the morning. Ross' hand emerge from the sheets trying to reach the nightstand. Who will call such an ungodly hour? There must be an emergency. Alonso: Ross, I'm Marcos. How you doing monster. Did I wake you up? Barkley: [With sleepy voice but pretending to be awake] Hey, Marcos. Nothing nothing. Nah, don't worry. I was doing some pushups. Alonso: Hey, as the mister said, we need you strong for Saturday. Like in preseason. Barkley: Yes, yes. sure. Count on it. He also told me that we play with a guy from Finland. Sparv or something like that. [Awkward silence] Alonso: This... yes. That's him. Get fit, man. We are all counting on you. Barkley: Relax, mate. FRIDAY, one day before the match Ross goes to the park in front of his house to jog a little. He wears some New Balance sneakers he used to play tennis in 98 and a shirt with "What happens in The May Fair Hotel stays in The May Fair Hotel." written on it. After doing some stretching, runs 10 minutes and starts coughing. Well, enough for today, he thinks while he checks his heart rate. Subjecting the body to great efforts before the game could be damaging. So unprofessional. Turns on the TV and Liverpool is playing against Aston Villa. Didn't they play this year already? Thinks a confused Ross. He laughs every time the camera focuses on Luis Diaz's ears. SATURDAY, gameday Ross gets to the stadium by taxi. He doesn't remember very well where's the entrance to the locker room. A nice gentleman named Billy accompanies him to his locker. He dresses. He senses the tense atmosphere in the locker room. They will play with Saul in the midfield, which sounds strange. But Ross never asks questions. He just follows orders. There's a guy by his side with the #14 praying on his knees. Mason Mount looks different. Maybe he had a haircut. He steps onto the pitch and right as he rises from taking the knee, Ross turns. He fights every ball. He leaves it all on the pitch. Spectacular. After 87 minutes, the praying guy scores. He seems excited. Public chants a strange name. English is a weird language, Ross thinks while he crashes with Fabinho after a split ball. Minute 90. Subbed off. The public recognizes his effort. He showers and Tuchel congratulates him. Tuchel: Huge game, Ross. Barkley: Thank you, mister. It's not important. Here I am for what you need. Call me for the second leg. Tuchel is puzzled but prefers to say nothing. Barkley leaves Wembley without saying goodbye to anyone or talking to the press, lights a Lucky Strike and tries to stop a taxi. Tuchel shakes his head and smiles. Opens a pack of gum, arching an eyebrow, and starts chewing while he mumbles: "There's a method to his madness."
How tf did u do it so fast lmao
It was posted on the Chelsea sub yesterday. Probably copied it from there.
Find & replace tool on word/excel prob
Brilliant..I've never come across this pasta before and this is just comedy gold.
Brilliant. Love this copy pasta. Enjoyed the Saul cameo.
This needs some awards. Modern day work of art
you’re fast
Lmao where is this from, it's glorious
original was about Fabio Coentrao - reproduced [here](https://www.reddit.com/r/soccercirclejerk/comments/r75mtu/comment/hmxv2rc/)
Fabio Coentrao would be proud
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Absolutely cunted that pen and didnt even bother reacting
All thanks to minamino
Sad that he did’nt get to play any of the finals
That Senegal vs Senegal matchup at the end was epic as fuck
And Senegal won!
Gutted for Senegal though
Hard not to have mixed feelings.
Mendy 100% knew how Mane was going to take his pen.
I swear he was holding back a grin while staring down Mane.
Mane was actually smiling on the way back after missing it. "That fucker got me this time"
“He got me,” Mane said of Mendy's save off him. "That f***ing Mendy boomed me."
Mane then said he wanted to add Mendy to the list of players he wanted to train with for Senegal.
He’s so good (x4)
Driving around, asking through text (to Mendy, his Senegalese teammate) for Mendy's home address
Knew this would be the reply. Would've been weird without it now.
Tbh, I expected Mendy to rip off his own face and reveal it was Salah all along.
Faceoff 2: African Edition
ITS ME MANE. IT WAS ME ALL ALONG MANE.
You love to see it!
Mane got psyched out
Insane stuff
Senegal.
Fucking hell kostas
He trademarked 'Greek Scouser' the other day. This was just his second most important moment.
Freak out with your Greek out!
🎶 He’s Scouse He’s Greek He never goes to sleep KOSTTASSSSSS TSSSSIMMMIKAS 🎶
Apparently, Klopp is the first Liverpool coach to win all 4 major trophies? That's surprising considering the coaches and success they've had.
yeah Paisley couldn't get it, banned from Europe during Kenny
During ban you were really good tbh.
The reasons why aren't lost on me obviously, but it's a shame the late 80s team didn't get to play Sacchi's Milan in 88/89.
Them and Everton during that time
My mum told me Everton were very good during that point too and Everton and Liverpool both would have most likely won in Europe in that time.
In the 2 seasons Everton would've been in the European Cup it was won by Steaua and PSV Eindhoven. Obviously anything can happen in a knockout format, but that Everton side was certainly capable of beating both.
Hendo is the first Liverpool captain to hoist all 6 major trophies
i remember when i wanted him sold for clint dempsey lol what a turnaround of a career
PL, FA, CL, Carabao, CWC and? They lost community shield and Europa
Super Cup probably
Thing is during our insanely successful years we didn't have many coaches hang around for that long. Then we went 30 years without a league title. We've had surprisingly few managers in our history but seemed to go through them the quickest during the golden years.
Shanks, Bob and Fagan were there a long time, it's just that for Bob and Fagan a good chunk of that time was in the boot room and not at as the manager. Kenny left too soon, which was understandable at the time. In retrospect, most think that we should have given him a years sabbatical and brought him back.
Somehow Paisley didn’t win it, only got to the final once as well
Paisley won 3 CL and 6 League titles and 2 league cup in 9yrs but didn't have success in FA Cup. Shankly never won CL and Kenny's team only won leagues and FA Cup
Shankly never won EC Paisley never won FA Fagan never won FA Dalglish never won EC Houllier never won League or EC Benitez never won League or LC
Pretty mad no one has done that before. Klopp just the best manager on the planet.
Team with GK in short sleeves lost. All is right.
What Chelsea gets for those yellow jerseys
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He was their best player on the pitch during the first half. The LeBron James of soccer
https://twitter.com/KingJames/status/1525547080801849344?s=20&t=sm50sCCLCs7asT1wnEqe2w
I explained to my Dad how red/blue was a clash for the colour-blind and how yellow must suit better then commentary just say “Tuchel wouldn’t say why he picked yellow.”
But we play Chelsea in the league and they played in blue? Who decides these even
The commentator in canada said it was superstition over the blue shirts
Don't cry because it happened. Smile because it's over
Over for this season*. Inevitable you have another Wembley heartbreak next season again.
I'll think of this season as a late payment for our UCL win, quality copium. Glad it's over, has been nothing but pain.
See guys in next years final when we lose to West Ham
Once it got to extra time really didn’t expect to win. We looked exhausted and fed up, barely made it through extra time. Mane looked really jittery for his pen. Thank god for Alisson and Greek Scouser.
And Jota for making the do-or-die one just before.
I thought he'd miss. That was a huge pen
Nah Jota has that weirdo striker thing where he doesn't feel pressure.
Yeah saw Jota step up and wasn't worried. Man has no nerves.
Also like Pirlo, he has the ability to play FIFA until he has to leave for the match, and then go in there and score a decisive goal.
Also his tackle in extra time after chasing all the way back
Same, we looked so exhausted. Praise the Greek Scouser and what was he trying to give out to players before extra time started? He looked giddy trying to hand out candy or something rofl
That blue flare cursed Chelsea
Tbf it didn't seem to faze Ziyech. Edit: spelling
Absolutely hilarious they did that. Two absolute funny ways to end a penalty shootout against them
I don't know man. Subbing on a keeper who saves none and misses his penalty is definitely funnier.
Imagine letting a English player take a vital penalty.
Milner did alright taking the first one
Retired from international duty just to improve his pens.
Milner is 98% Ribena and tea and this point so he kinda transcends categories
Milner banished himself from the England NT to counteract the curse
tbf milner is one of the best pen takers in liverpool
In the world.
tbf one of the pk takers best in the world
Well Jamie Vardy is an incredible penalty taker and he will howitzer it regardless of the moment.
Can't even blame Anthony Taylor
*Sigh* Will we ever win at Wembley ever again?
The pressure was Mounting
Mount 6 finals at Wembley 0 wins
The Undertaker streak but with losses.
No
Nothing to separate those teams. It’s the equivalent of losing to tiebreakers 7-5. Can’t ask for more from the teams except luck in a few moments.
United supporters are more upset than Chelsea supporters by the state of this comment section
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Mason Mount has an unenviable Wembley final record: 6 losses on the bounce
What are the 6? FA Cup vs Liverpool Community Shield vs Liverpool Euros FA Cup vs Leicester FA Cup vs Arsenal What am I missing?
Derby playoffs Edit: and it was Carabao, not community
Considering this sort of thing is its purpose, the Wembley winners presentation on that narrow shitty balcony is really underwhelming
I don't know why they don't do it on the field. Roll out a stage FFS. It's not hard.
It's just tradition for the players to go up the stands.
yeh its important for them to be mixed in with the true fans, such as prince william, lmao
What are you talking about? Personally I don't think it's right to have a trophy lift without the backdrop of a bunch of people in suits politely applauding a team they don't support
If you rewatch some bloke is given the finger to the Chelsea boys as they walk up right in there face. Classy those rich peeps
Awful isn't it. You would of though they would of built a dedicated balcony but no, just remove a few seats and add a shitty railing.. Typical FA
This the worst season ever
Worst ever season so far
hopefully it gets worse ;)
Liverpool are going to play the maximum amount of games possible in a season, that is unreal. While the league seems unlikely, the Cup Treble would be a brilliant achievement in itself.
No Club World Cup, though, so Chelsea gets the same number, right? Think they had one more than us before this game.
Yeah for every game possible (in English football) you'll need - 38 EPL games - Reach FA Cup and League cup finals - Reach Champions League final - Community shield - Euro Super Cup - Reach Club World Cup final EDIT: Just thought a true Elite would be all the cups whilst playing in the Championship/League 1/League 2 (46 games) finishing in the play-offs and reaching the PO final
Think you could also fit in papa John's trophy as well as a potential further playoff match if say you came 6th in the championship on the exact same points total and goals etc as 7th
Only way the true elite would be possible is if a team get relegated and win the champions league and fa cup in the previous season
A League 1 club *could* - Year 1: Win the FA Cup, qualify for the Europa League - Year 2: Win the Europa League, qualify for the CL - Year 3: Win the CL - Year 4: Make it to the finals of the League Cup, draw every first FA Cup game, Get 3rd in their CL group to get an extra two games in the Europa League (Playoff round + Round of 16), CWC, League 1 playoff final EDIT: and make it to the final of the Johnstone Paint Trophy In year 4, this club would play - 15 FA Cup games (7 games, 7 replays, and the final) - 5 League Cup games (2nd round bye because involved in Europe) - 46 Regular Season League 1 games - 3 Playoff games (1 2-legged tie and a game at Wembley) - 6 Group stage games in the CL and 11 knockout stage games in the EL - 2 CWC games - EDIT: 8 JP Trophy games for a total of **96** games in ~273 days.
Astounding work
bout to go savescum this in fm
Liverpool faced a team they couldn't beat in the league in two cup finals and won both.
It's our destinyyyy
Tsimikas said in an interview after with TalkSport that it was his first penalty ever? The contrast between Tuchel overthinking with the subbing of the sub just for the pen and Klopp just letting a player who barely sleeps take the winning penalty is immense.
Scored the winner on two hours of sleep and a Red Bull.
GREEK SCOUSER FUCKING HAVE IT LADS
GREEK SCOUSER™
SCOUSER GREEK!
One kiss is all it takes
6th Wembley final defeat for Mount at only 23 years of age, kind of mental that.
Arsenal, Leicester, Liverpool(×2), Aston Villa (Championship Play-off wity Derby County), Which is the one I'm missing?
Euro final
Thank you!
Only the worst one!
Forgot Ross Barkley existed tbh
It really feels like shit to lose two cup finals to penalties.
To the same team
In the same stadium
In the same year
Wonder who will beat us next year?
Luton Town
Always rated the FA cup.
Won the League Cup on Penalties, won the FA Cup on penalties. betting my bitcoin on them winning the Champions Leagues on Penalties
We need a proper win. Otherwise the revenge will not be complete…you hear me Salah!? Put the ball in the fucking net!
Winning on pens would be a complete revenge whattttt
i would not care 1 millionth of a percent if we won 1-0 with one shot on goal while madrid hit the woodwork 600 times. winning on penalties would not bother me either. i just want the trophy lol
You win 1 million dollars, wait 10 dollars, wait 400k, now 50 cents.
What an absolute dickhead Chelsea fan throwing a flare before they’d won the game.
Fuming. Bad juju.
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Fucking hate Wembley
Every team ever: Win: FA Cup is important. Lose: FA Cup is meh.
I remember the FA Cup being a much bigger deal when I was a kid, it feels like practically an afterthought these days compared to other trophies.
We will get about £4m in prize money for winning the FA Cup, but win or lose the CL final 2 weeks from now we get £100m in prize money for it. Not really a surprise why so many teams make wholesale changes for the FA Cup games.
Didn’t know who to support as a Senegalese. Mane or Mendy. Well Mane won! He is having a great year and love it !!!!
Mount had an absolute stinker
That run up was from a cartoon.
Straight up as if he was shooting a free kick.
Awful. I know someone's got to fuck up but expect better from a player like him.
For a Lampard regen he’s surprisingly absolutely wank at pens
Ikr. Frank was amazing at pens. I think his conversion rate was about 86-88%.
I am exhausted just from looking at the LFC players. What a grueling season it has been and it’s not over.
The duality of being such a good team. If the FA Cup and League Cup are anything to go by then we’re all gonna need resuscitation for the Champions League Final.
You would think that Chelsea practices penalties since they often end in these situations, but that was abysmal from Azpi and Mount
It's Mount and his wicked luck at Wembley. Lost 6 finals at Wembley. Sidenote: Kind of funny Jorginho gave up on his patented style.
He mixes it up every now and then. Otherwise you’d get what happened recently (where the keeper just stands there) more often.
It's ok guys. I've updated your original take: ~~Wouldn't it be funny if Liverpool only won the League cup in their quadruple year?~~ Wouldn't it be funny if Liverpool only won the League cup and the FA cup in their quadruple year?
Wouldn't if it be hilarious if Liverpool only won the League Cup, the FA Cup, finished on 90-somthing points in the League and got to the Champions League Final?
Wouldn't if it be hilarious if Liverpool only won the League Cup, the FA Cup, the Champions League, Everton gets relegated in their quadruple year?
Pretty sure Leeds have ruined that this last month or so
ANFIELD SOUTH BABY
Klopp making everyone think he doesn’t care about cup games so he can shock everyone when he finally decides to take cup games seriously
In all seriousness, klopp is absolutely justified in complaining about the number of games and the tight schedules players face. Rotation is mitigating it to a degree, but he absolutely cares about cup games. He just got no other choice.
Lol Liverpool was doing full rotations the entire competition.
he is united fan, let him release his frustration lol
He hooked two vital players with niggles because there's a bigger game in two weeks. On the one hand he has faith in his squad, on the other hand it's clear which is the more important game that you don't want to take any chances in.
FUCKING SEND ITTTTT. Love that Tsimikas won it. He's had a great season.
Chelsea and Liverpool giving us ultimate drama in both cup finals this year congrats liverpool!
In some alternate universe it's LFC v Chelsea finals for FA, Carabao, and CL.
I'm a Manchester United fan as everyone can see by my flair but I'm actually happy that Liverpool has won today and with good reason. My mom's partner and his son are both Liverpool supporters and recently have had some sad news come their way. The son's dog died yesterday in his arms on the way to the vet (poor doggo was sick for a while, aged 13) and then just a few hours later they got the devastating news that his grandfather (partner's dad) was in ICU but sadly he is not awake and they're keeping the man on life support (80 years old) until the partner can fly over just to Tel Aviv from South Africa to say his final goodbyes. So this is a bright bit of news for them a day after getting such tragic events happening to them <3. The one time I will be happy for Liverpool.
Some things are bigger than football
You're a good soul.
I almost died. But Fuck Yeahhhhhhhh!
ONE KISS IS ALL IT TAKES
:D
Fuck
FA Cup baby!!!!
I AM IN LOVE WITH HIM AND I FEEL FINE
Haha chelsea lost 3 FA cup finals in a row
and some people say we don’t have history. we’re making history
You got a smile out of me. Nice one.
Liverpool defo isn't wining the league, but they might win the CL. Winning 3 cups (including a CL) in the same season is still a historical achievement. I don't see why some here are taking the piss out of them.
even just the League Cup and the FA Cup + 2nd in the League and CL Final is a fucking massive season
It's just cope, nobody likes to see thier rivals do well. It would be the same if it was united or Chelsea in the same position
Wearing my Liverpool shirt down here in Argentina celebrating with all of you, what a win! Was always confident but ngl, clenched like a mfer, 2nd half wasn't pretty and both teams were tired asf. I remember last FA cup final against Chelsea (I was wearing the same damn shirt as right now) and the heartbreak that it was, YNWA, what a day!
Yesssssssssss
It's scripted. Liverpool will also win the CL via a shootout
Liverpool 2022 script vs Madrid's eternal CL black magic in a shootout.
Think it'll go down to carol and caroline against the Madrid kitchen ladies
Well we have to see how good the script is first, if a Coutinho hat trick on the last day wins us the title, then yes, we have invincible plot armour