One man has invented Newcastle United and Liverpool's 'toxic' rivalry. Mediawatch
Date published: Friday 17th February 2023 12:10 -
‘The bad blood had been building for months and culminated in an ugly, ill-tempered climax to Liverpool’s narrow victory over Newcastle United in August with the fallout further souring relationships and making this weekend’s clash a tantalising one.’from that August game makes absolutely no mention of this burgeoning rivalry.
‘It would be wrong to call Newcastle United a bogey team for Jurgen Klopp,’ he concedes. You think? Of the English teams Klopp has faced 10 or more times since he became Liverpool manager, only Bournemouth, Crystal Palace, Watford and Burnley have proved easier to beat. Mediawatch loves the implication that Newcastle were the reason Liverpool ‘lost their Premier League crown’; they finished 17 points behind Manchester City having lost to Aston Villa, Southampton, Burnley, Brighton, Leicester, Everton and Fulham among others. Looking at those set of results, we’re slightly embarrassed for Newcastle that they only drew.
Even if we ignore the spelling, we cannot help but point out that Newcastle have been left behind by a whole lot of clubs.‘For generations, Liverpool operated in a different stratosphere to Newcastle but the takeover changed that. Yes, it is somehow hypocritical for Klopp to criticise state-owned football clubs when he is a coach at the club that *checks notes* bought some pretty good players 40-odd years ago when they were the best team in England by some margin.
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