Wayne Rooney has revealed how he “disrespected” Sir Alex Ferguson after coming close to leaving Manchester United in 2010.
Manchester United, Liverpool and Chelsea moaning about Man City dominance is sheer hypocrisy
18.01.2022 - 22:20 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Two years ago today, Liverpool were 13 points clear at the top of the Premier League, with two games in hand on nearest rivals Manchester City.
The chatter was all about how Jurgen Klopp’s brilliant team had the title sewn up, and were creating a “dynasty” for years to come - they could dominate the next decade, we were told.
This was a good thing, went the argument, as Liverpool played football the right way, scored bundles of goals, and forced others to raise their standards. They were clearly good for English football. No argument there.
Not once did anyone suggest such predicted dominance of the competition, or the way they overwhelmed teams in individual games, might be boring or sterile. Because it isn't.
Twenty years ago today, Manchester United sat atop the Premier League, 11 points clear, on course to win the title for the third year running and pick up what would be one of eight league triumphs in the space of ten years.
The talk was all of the glory, glory Reds, about Sir Alex Ferguson re-shaping English football, raising the bar and knocking Liverpool off their perch.
Never did anyone suggest having one team, which spent more money than the rest, being so utterly dominant - THE most dominant in the history of the English game - was a bad thing.
Because it wasn’t. It demanded excellence from the rest, and was the story of English football going right back to Arsenal being known as the "Bank of England" club in the 1930s, spending unprecedented amounts to blow away the opposition.
No-one should expect a club to drop its standards just because fans of the other teams in the league - and some of their managers and players - are whingeing that they are just plain lucky, or that it’s unfair in some way.
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