How are you defining "recent" ? They've won more trophies & league titles than us during the last 10 years & have reached just as many Champions League finals. And there is no way on earth they are worse than the likes of Madrid or Barcelona at that type of stuff. Have you ever watched an El Classico? They are the masters of it. Also worth noting that both of those clubs have far greater financial / political might than Atletico, you can't really blame them for doing what they need to do to win as they've got a massive disadvantage competing with those two year in year out
And I'm not really arsed how my team plays, I just like seeing them win - Do you think those Atletico fans were arsed last night? They looked like they were loving it. We won a European Cup in 2005 by playing negative, defensive football in the knockout rounds. I don't think many of us were bothered when we parked the bus away at Juventus or at Stamford Bridge. Obviously we're in a position now where we're the best team on the planet and have some of the best players, so it's to look down our noses at other teams. We're spoilt with the football we've got at the minute, but to sort of answer your question I'd rather we play like Atletico and win things as opposed to play like Rodgers did and win nothing
What on earth are you talking about, Atletico last won La Liga in 2013/14, that was the first time since 1995/96, before that we need to go back to 1976/77, hardly prolific is it! Yes yes we haven't won the league for 30 years but we have won the CL twice, how about Atletico? BTW Why the F**k am I having to defend my club, Liverpool, on a Liverpool forum??
BTW yes I do care how my team plays, if my team behaved like Atletico with all the cheating then I would not support them, simple as that.
As for us in 2005, yes we played more defensively but not to the extent that Atletico do and we certainly weren't throwing ourselves to the floor to try to con the ref at every single opportunity. I have no problem with a team playing defensively, if they have no other option, but there is never any excuse for cheating, EVER!
To be honest I'm a bit baffled why you are standing up for a team like Atletico.
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