Are Liverpool really that far away from Man City, Chelsea and Arsenal at this moment in time…? | OneFootball

Back in the early 1980s, there was the conundrum of buying the latest cutting edge sounds from Listen Ear, or paying in to stand on the concrete terracing of St James’ Park.

On occasion, short of cash, we would sit outside the Gallowgate and wait for the gates to open, then get into the ground for the last few minutes.

Or better still, being young and slim, we would do a two for one and squeeze through the turnstile together. Thereby getting our football fix.

How times have changed.

On Monday evening a few weeks back now and sat in the Milburn stand, I was able to witness another mental game against Liverpool. A good mate with tickets getting me and my lad in.

When we equalised, we thought the miracle of a win was imminent, then the gut wrenching opposite occurs and once again we walk away from playing Liverpool shaking our heads, asking how did that happen?

At that moment in time, realising that if a fully firing Alexander Isak had been in the team, we would have put them to bed.

Towards the end of last season, we suspected Alexander Isak was carrying an injury to explain his lethargy. However, after his departure, claims from a journalist quoting an unnamed source that our now former striker hadn’t been giving his all.

An article on The Mag pointed out stats that suggested Alexander Isak had been putting in a shift. In the seven games that followed the League Cup final, Isak scoring in four of the seven and getting an assist in another.

Whatever the truth of the end of last season, what followed this past summer was insulting to all Newcastle United supporters, his behaviour totally unacceptable.

Is Alexander Isak committing Hara-kiri having forced this move to Liverpool?

Liverpool are the darlings of the Premier League at this moment in time. Referees genuflect to their star players and give them undue reverence.

However, it was not that long ago that the Liverpool managers were Souness, Roy Evans, Dalglish and Hodgson. Liverpool were in the shadow of Ferguson’s Man U and Abramovich’s Chelsea.

Are Liverpool really that far away from Man City, Chelsea and Arsenal at this moment in time, that Alexander Isak sees them so far above us?