Ally McCoist has suggested that Manchester City’s victory on the final day of the 2021/22 season perhaps “finally broke the soul” of the Liverpool team.
This comes courtesy of a tweet from @AnfieldWatch broadcasting the Scot’s comments on talkSPORT in the wake of the Reds’ second defeat in the league.
Ally McCoist on why losing the league last season was a psychological blow:
“I wonder if that game-winning goal in the 81st minute for Ilkay Gundogan [against Aston Villa] finally broke the soul of this particular Liverpool team.” #lfc [talksport]
— Anfield Watch (@AnfieldWatch) October 11, 2022
Jurgen Klopp’s men have been the incumbent champions’ closest competitors in recent years, a clear mile ahead of the rest of the best, though they have struggled to replicate his challenging quad form this time.
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From questions about club injuries to the coach’s chosen formation, every potential concern has been ticked off one by one as the lack of answers to our current crisis has become more and more abundant.
The psychological and physical impact of being close to a quadruple crop of trophies was thought to have caused a hangover among the FA Cup champions.
Why not a singular event?
Losing the title by one point once again will have hurt us deeply, although we remain unconvinced that Pep Guardiola’s men and Ilkay Gundogan’s 81st-minute winner were to blame for our poor start.
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