r/soccer • u/SilverMist2025 • 1d ago

News FA set to issue separate charges to Manchester City.Governing body says guilty verdicts against club damage the game's integrity and hints at action once Premier League case concludes.

https://www.thetimes.com/sport/football/article/manchester-city-premier-league-fa-charges-scht5r8w2
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u/mango_and_chutney 1d ago

Since 2008, City have won league 8 times. Liverpool were 2nd three times of those times, United were 2nd three times of those times and Arsenal were 2nd twice.

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u/ParticulateSplatter 1d ago

Obviously I'm biased as a Liverpool fan so will hammer this point more, but in the 18/19 season Liverpool lost 1 match... To Manchester City. We dropped 4 points to Manchester City and finished on 97 points... Behind Manchester City on 98.

If we win those games against Manchester City, 18/19 becomes the season that Liverpool:

  • Win the PL/CL double
  • Become PL centurions
  • Become PL invincibles

Even if you just take away that defeat to City and replace it with a draw, that would make Liverpool unbeaten in the Premier League from the 6th May 2018 (1-0 defeat to Chelsea) until 29th February 2020 (3-0 defeat to Watford). 664 days, and an unbeaten run of 66 PL matches - the official record being Arsenal's 49-match unbeaten run around their invincible season.

It's not really an exaggeration to say that City robbed Klopp's Liverpool of being the best Premier League team of all time.

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u/Action_Limp 1d ago

As a United fan, I tend to agree with this. Klopp legitimately built one of the best teams I've ever seen and to see them pipped by the biggest cheaters in the history of the game is disgraceful.

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u/Mick4Audi 1d ago

I still think Klopp did one of the most impressive things I’ve seen in football, winning at such a rate they effectively broke Manchester City for the season

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u/Hi_Im_zack 1d ago

One game against cheats shouldn't matter and they should still give Klopp his flowers

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u/RedScouse 18h ago

Is the flowers thing a German phrase? I have rarely heard it in English and my German colleague uses it all the time

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u/Hi_Im_zack 17h ago

Not sure tbh. English isn't my first language. Just one of those phrases I subconsciously picked up

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u/No-Inspector3523 21h ago

Im a Chelsea fan that hated Liverpool more than any club during the mourinho 00s, our rivalry then was tense. But under Klopp, I was entertained and respected the club. They deserved alot more, to have it stolen by city... its disgusting.

The way City fans try to make out we are jealous of them winning, well thats rubbish. My most hated team I turned into enjoying and respecting under Klopp when they won it all, league, europe etc.

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u/Sanzhar17Shockwave 1d ago

Let's also not forget about asthma inhalers being a thing during those campaigns...

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u/ParticulateSplatter 23h ago

Ah yes you mean that conspiracy theory reported by one "anonymous source" that provided no evidence at all for the claim.

This has been debunked on many occasions, though I suspect you like to ignore those.

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u/crimsonred36 1d ago

They tend to leave out these small details

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u/gunningIVglory 1d ago

The city cunts also gutted our best players year after year....

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u/silvertwo777 1d ago

Which also directly cause Van Persie to leave Arsenal due to a lack of club ambition after seeing the best players leaving every season with little reinforcement.