Liverpool continued their pursuit of Manchester United and fourth place with a win against Brentford, but have they left it just too late to catch them?
Well, what else did they expect? Regardless of what you think of the coronation, of the concept of monarchy itself, or the way in which some cities in post-industrial Britain were treated by a succession of different governments, it didn’t even make any real sense to play God Save The King before the Premier League match between Liverpool and Brentford. We all knew what was coming, and while you can agree with them playing it, or you can disagree with them playing it, what you can’t do is claim that no-one was warned of what the reaction would be if they did. Liverpudlians can probably now expect yet another round of chiding in the press from columnists about whose opinions they are fully entitled to not give a tuppenny damn.
Perhaps the Premier League is a deeply republican organisation. Perhaps they believe that the only crown that matters is the one that sits atop their trophy, or perhaps they only recognise the lion wearing a crown on their logo as their one true monarch and they wanted to make it look ridiculous. Or could it have just been sheer bloody-mindedness? Did they play it because of those bloody lefties who were trying to cancel it? Whatever the motivation behind the decision to play the national anthem before a Liverpool home matchm the upshot of it all was that it was barely audible amidst an absolute cacophony of booing that quickly turned into “Liverpooool, Liverpool.” It was unusual, as pre-match entertainment goes, but still a step up on the Sky Strikers.
In altogether more important matters, both of these teams have had curiously rollercoastery seasons. Liverpool went into the match on an upward trajectory of five successive wins, their best of the season. There remains work to be done in the transfer market this summer. That midfield rebuild cannot be put off indefinitely. But Jurgen Klopp has instilled a little of that relentlessness that they had when they were at their prime.
It’s probably not going to be enough to result in a Champions League place, but the odds against did narrow slightly with Manchester United’s extremely late defeat at Brighton. Liverpool went into the weekend four points behind Manchester United and having played a match more. They clearly need to just keep winning and hope for a slip-up elsewhere. The good news in that respect is…
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