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7-0 > a trophy
There were a couple of digs in consecutive mailboxes on Monday about Liverpool enjoying our ‘cup final’. I get that it’s a bit of emotional damage limitation from United fans. But given United’s recent trophy win, it got me thinking. Which would I prefer? Winning the league cup? Or battering United 7-0?
The answer is pretty easy. It’s the 7-0. We beat United 7-0. That doesn’t happen. I grew up with Fergie United. Winning against them was rare. It felt special. The 4-1 was sensational. But never in my wildest dreams could I have imagined stuffing them 7-0. It would have been utterly inconceivable. 7-0!!! Back then we won the league cup a couple of times. But we never anihilated our biggest rivals.
This was a historic result. Literally. United’s joint worst ever loss. And Liverpool inflicted it on them. It will remain in the record books for potentially the next 50 years or longer. It will be etched into the folklore of this tie forever. No one will ever forget it. Fans who are young today will tell their grandchildren about it when they are old and grey.
Winning the league cup? Yup, that’s good. But it’s not great. No one will remember it with great fondness. Liverpool won the league cup last season, and that was fun. But stuffing United 7-0 was better. And if you say to me: “Oh, isn’t football about winning trophies?”. Maybe as a player, yes. I’m sure a player would rather win the league cup than thrash a rival But as a fan it’s about moments of joy. And this is right up there. I’ll be watching the highlights on youtube (no need for DVDs Paul, keep up) for years. I won’t be watching repeats of the League Cup final.
Enjoy my cup final? Yes I did. Probably more than you enjoyed yours.
Mike, LFC, London (Waiting for backlash from United fans who all think the league cup is better – funny that)
Complacency creeping in
Interesting display from United yesterday to say the least, it reminded me of the soul-crunching display from Brazil against Germany in 2014 when they lost 7-1 in Brazil in the WC semi-finals. I say to the least because United have improved a lot this season, have already won a trophy and look likely to get a Top 4 spot too AND could well end up with another cup to…
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