Liverpool are still great even if they win only Carabao Cup this season

Liverpool and Manchester City are the best ever; there’s no shame in coming second and winning only one trophy.

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If Liverpool are second-tallest man, they’re still tall

For the record, I do not think Liverpool will do the quadruple. I think Man City will win both the Premier League and Champions’ League. I also wouldn’t be surprised to see Chelsea lift the FA Cup.

However, even if they do, would the loss of the league by a point or two, and two cup finals mean this Liverpool team is not great.

I often hear how in order to be considered one of the greats, this Liverpool team need to win more. I find this reductive. It’s analogous to saying the second tallest man alive today should not be considered tall, as he is not the tallest. Turns out he’s taller than all other men that lived before, he just happens to have lived at the same time as the very tallest. Make no mistake, if it wasn’t for Pep and City, Liverpool would be winning a hell of a lot more.

I hear how Arsenal’s Invincibles team cannot be matched. However, can any neutral actually, honestly tell me that a record of 26 wins and 12 draws, amassing 90 points is a more impressive Premier League season than 30 wins, 7 draws and 1 loss, amassing 97 points? Considering that one loss came away at Manchester City and was decided by that famous 11mm? Simultaneously, the Invincible record was only possible because of Pires cheating against Portsmouth. If you can, you’re not being honest with yourself. Whilst we would all rather have a shiny (golden) Premier League trophy in the cabinet than a second-place medal around our necks, the point remains that the team and the squad achieved a more impressive league run, they were just up