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With the FA Cup Final hours away, it’s a good time to reflect on Liverpool Football Club’s year. Eighth on the English Premier League table, it has been a season of frustration for Kenny Dalglish’s men. It could have been vastly different.
In a season where they have dominated their home games and failed to claim three points, Liverpool can count themselves extremely unlucky in front of goals. They have struck the woodwork a staggering 30 times this season.
Combine that with the numerous heroic goal keeping displays at Anfield, and the Reds could otherwise have been reaping the rewards of Champions League Football.
Liverpool’s conversion rate in front of goal this season is the worst in the Premier League, they’ve mustered a whopping 575 shots for a miserly return of 39 goals. That averages out to almost 15 shots per goal.
The logical assumption to make would be that their finishing has been extremely poor; especially for a front line that boasts highly talented and expensive footballers. However, this assumption doesn’t quite fit the bill this season.
The dramatic goal mouth scrambles and miraculous saves have become a regular occurrence, so much so that the notion of luck begins to dominate the talk surrounding the Reds. Liverpool legend, John Barnes, summed up the season by saying “If the goals were maybe six inches bigger, then we’d win the League!”
Despite all the frustration and lack of luck in front of goal this season, the Reds are on the brink of a cup double in the first full season since the return of the idolised Liverpool legend, Kenny Dalglish.
The cup runs have brought famous days and nights back to Anfield, with emotional wins against the likes of Manchester United and Manchester City.
The Carling Cup semi-final in particular emphasised the beginning of something special under Dalglish, with the electric Anfield atmosphere bringing the Liverpool manager to tears when soaking up the moment.
In a season of change, where the media scrutiny has been as fierce as ever on the Liverpool side both on and off the pitch, Kenny Dalglish has already managed to obtain silverware for the first time in six years.
If he can take that tally to two tonight, there’s a good chance the luckless run in the Premier League will be quickly forgotten, especially by those of a Red persuasion.
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