2 losses in 54 games is an amazing record and it is one that makes me immensely proud to be a gooner.
But the two losses could hardly have been more contrasting.
On the one hand, we have an egoistic, overpriced team managed by old purple nose whose IQ wasn?t high enough to devise a fair tactic to beat us (not that there?s a shame in that), who had to resort to not only hacking us out of contention, but relying on a referee (who, since that day, has invoked feelings I am yet to put in words) to gift them victory. To cut a long story short, they cheated us 2-0.
On the other hand, we have a Liverpool team going through a tricky patch due to the transition of their manager, whose new man, our nemesis from his time at Valencia, Rafael Benitez, played us out of the park. I for one thought that Liverpool dominated and were worth their victory and as hard as it is to stomach a last kick winner, I would not have chosen to lose any other way.
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