I understand the theory of everyones complaint about the away goal being scored in extra time however this rule has been in force in European football for as long as I can remember.
We mastered the tactics of getting away goals back in Shanklys days, that's how we have been so successful in Europe. This season it's been our downfall. We failed to get the away goals in nearly all of our European games hence our early exit from the CL and now the EL.
I'm afraid this smacks of sour grapes and that is very unbecoming of Liverpool fans, we are renowned for showing dignity in defeat.
The failure was in Madrid not because of this rule.
I don't think anyone is complaining about the away goal rule. I myself love it, think its a great idea and promotes an attacking approach away from home. My issue is the extra 30 minutes a team gets to score such a crucial away goal. That extra time often sees concentration lapses due to tiredness, and i hate that a lapse like that cost us so crucially after we had done a great job in getting a match winning lead. It aint sour grapes, and i will stand by this view even if it comes to us getting through like this in the future. I will still think its a little unfair, it just doesn't seem right. Extra time is played to decide the entire tie, not just that home game. It may be played at one teams home, but hey thats the advantage they were given through seeding.
Moving on, im not that distressed by it. Just don't like it.
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