Did Liverpool Throw the Champions League final

[fuelmyblog]

I was alerted to this article on a sports website by a friend of mine, I have never read such nonsense in my life, what do you think???

The guy thinks that Liverpool deliberately lost the Champions League Final..
from his article:-

"Impossible theory? Laughable? Stupid? I can hear the chorus now. And in the background I can hear the defenders of the proud Liverpool say that even if Rafa had such intention, none of the players would agree.

Really? Stalwarts like Jamie Carragher, Xabi Alonso (http://www.sportingo.com/xabi-alonso/6,910) and Steven Gerrard (http://www.sportingo.com/steven-gerrard/6,840) - all lynchpins of his Liverpool side - would agree that winning the Champions League would be nice, but nothing beats winning the Premiership. What’s the point of being a champion in Europe when you aren’t even that at home? Especially when you have one winners medal already"

I never heard anything so bizarre..

More here:-

http://www.sportingo.com/football/the-da-benitez-code:-did-liverpool-deliberately-lose-the-champions-league-final/1001,3605

[RichardL]

you do realise he isn't being serious?

[fuelmyblog]

Not sure about serious but has a few points in there like :-

"Carragher, a formidable defender and organiser, couldn’t hold his line against a 33-year-old has-been when the defence had quite convincingly kept the likes of Chelsea, Didier Drogba and the entire Barca team quiet"

[Alan_V]

Liverpool had no chance in the league. The CL was their only chance at hardware. Why would any team pass that up and throw the game. Ridiculous theory, really.

[fuelmyblog]

I agree, crazy to assume that any club would want to throw a game based upon money.

The Manager is only in charge before and after, the players would have had to throw it.