One thing which annoys me more than it should is this stat that’s being trotted out that we’ve lost our last 5 away in Europe.
Firstly, we’ve been pretty shite away in Europe this season, that’s definitely fair, but even so we’ve only lost by one goal away at Napoli and PSG and one of them was in the last minute. The less said about that performance at Red Star the better. But we’ve been shit away in Europe this season, and anyone that cares enough to read my posts at the time will know what my feelings were at the time.
so that’s 3 games.
The next one of these 5 away defeats is the fucking European Cup Final. Yes I know technically it’s an away as it isn’t at Anfield, but it isn’t playing a team on their own park, in front of their own fans is it? It’s a neutral venue so is no comparison to a Euro away game.
Then you have Roma, which was a result every single person connected with the club would have taken before kick off. Without sounding like an Everton fan, that game really was winning without winning. I was ducking delighted when the final whistle went and we’d lost 4-2, we won the tie, and got the job done away, the reason a defeat was sufficient was because we absolutely twatted them at Anfield.
Obviously we need to perform better than we have away from home in Europe this season, but this stat being trotted out as if it’s some sort of forboeding warning is annoying me, especially as the last one we won away in Europe was against fucking City, and before that a 5-0 at Porto.
Rant over.