Has been a concern for a number of years now. Whatever it is that we find ourselves fighting for at any given time, we seem to need to overcome a significant goal difference deficit in addition to any points we may need to make up.
In the last decade, have we not lost out on the league title and CL qualification on goal difference? Last season, we put in a phenomenal late effort to overturn the goal difference deficit against Leicester that was there for ages, and we currently sit second in the league on goal difference. In fact, in the entire top eight, only one team has an inferior goal difference to us. I appreciate that we lost a match 1-6, but the team with the best GD lost one 7-2 on the same day.
This really needs to be sorted out. I’m sure it’s a combination of factors, but one that is easier to remedy is that over the years, we have gone ahead and then proceeded to retreat and decide that we can only achieve the win by ‘holding on’ for it.
In the last decade, have we not lost out on the league title and CL qualification on goal difference? Last season, we put in a phenomenal late effort to overturn the goal difference deficit against Leicester that was there for ages, and we currently sit second in the league on goal difference. In fact, in the entire top eight, only one team has an inferior goal difference to us. I appreciate that we lost a match 1-6, but the team with the best GD lost one 7-2 on the same day.
This really needs to be sorted out. I’m sure it’s a combination of factors, but one that is easier to remedy is that over the years, we have gone ahead and then proceeded to retreat and decide that we can only achieve the win by ‘holding on’ for it.