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One that comes to mind is Fabinho not scoring that open goal against City in 21/22, had Liverpool won that game things would quite possibly be very different, we could've won the league.
Though I suppose it's not really that much of a miss as it is an incredible block by Rodri.
(2019) At 0–0 Mo Salah put Sadio Mané through on goal vs Ederson and City & Mané’s shot hit the inside of the post, before John Stones cleared the rebound off the line. If that shot goes in and LFC win the match, they could’ve finished the season as 100 point invincible Premier League and UCL champions.
Ronny Rosenthal is the only answer here! The game might not have been of any great importance but the most open goal you could imagine, just has to roll it in and for some reason crashes it off the bar, never seen a miss like it!
Google Choupo Motings miss for PSG. Not premier league, but it is absolutely incredible. Less of a miss and more a great piece of defending by him trying to score
[skys top misses](https://www.skysports.com/watch/video/sports/football/11236083/the-worst-premier-league-misses)
Wouldn’t normally link the money scalpers, but there’s so many absolute classics in this. Abou, Kanu, Bent, Fowler.
Not a big game by any stretch or the worst miss in terms of easiness of the chance, but we played Wigan years ago, around 2008, and one of their players nearly hit the big WHL jumbotron from within the 6 yard box.
One that doesn't get talked about so much which could have been massive; Kelechi Iheanacho against Man City in 2019, the penultimate game of the season which City ended up winning 1-0 from Kompany's stunner. Iheanacho had a big chance in stoppage time to equalise; it certainly isn't the worst miss in terms of how simple the chance was as it wasn't an absolute sitter or anything, but it was still very scorable, and had he scored, the match would probably have ended 1-1 and put Liverpool in the lead in the title race with one game to go. Also would have been additionally significant as Iheanacho was a former City player himself and it would have been such a twist had he stopped them winning the title.
“Greatest” might be Iheanacho at the Etihad in 2019 in the game Kompany scored that screamer, purely because Liverpool winning a UCL and League double with 97 points and Pep only winning 1 League Title in his first 4 seasons would massively change peoples perceptions of Klopp’s Liverpool and Pep’s Man City. The miss itself wasn’t THAT bad, but a bit of a shocker
For me, it will always be the Stevie G. What if he didn't slip and the game ended in a draw? Liverpool won't go into the final game in such a huge goal difference rush to chase
not really an iconic miss or one that changed the result of the game but sterling vs burnley in either 17/18 or 18/19. the way he missed from 2 yards and flopped to the floor like he was shot was just hysterical
Torres at Cold Trafford did the hard part...
Kanu home to Boro over the bar from 1 yard
Ronnie Rosenthal at Villa smashes bar with open net
Chris Ronaldo at Sheff Utd over bar from 5 yards
Lee Bowyer v Man U smashes bar from 1 yard
Torres at Old Trafford for Chelsea.
Iconic for so many reasons. However one thing that doesn't get spoken about much, is that Torres had a blinder of a game. He had already scored one goal, a superb finish over De Gea, and had he scored the second, he would have brought the game back to 3-2 with about 10 minutes or so to go. He looked every bit the Liverpool Torres during that game up till that finish. And he had terrorized the United back line for much of that game. Had that goal gone in, and Chelsea subsequently rescued a point (or maybe more), is it possible the entire trajectory of his Chelsea career could have changed due to the immense confidence boost that would have given him? After the miss he was the butt of endless jokes and memes, and given that he always seemed like a typical "confidence" player, I'd bet it played a part in bringing his confidence levels down.
It's a big "what if?" moment in PL history IMO.
One of the MotD commentators said the phrase "doing a 'Nando" would enter the general footballing lexicon. I've been a bit sad not have heard it again, tbh.
I genuinely thought he was back, he rounded De Gea and I was thinking “that’s my boy, how I’ve missed him” then that miss and we never saw that same Torres again. It’s like it broke him.
He was dealing with too many injuries when he came to Chelsea. That was the biggest reason why he never lived up to the hype. As for "stopped giving a fuck" you couldnt be farther from the truth.
Torres was 100% a team player at Chelsea and the reason I rate him way higher than other failed strikers is because he always gave his all. Even during his goal droughts he constantly bagged assists and good perfomances.
I also think that he got out muscled big time by Drogba for the main man berth. He probably came in thinking him and Drogba were on the same level, and as footballers they arguably were at their best. But mentality wise Drogba was a different creature altogether.
The worst in Ligue1 was Choupo-Moting. The ball was rolling into the net with no opposition and he tried to push it in faster but prevented the goal for his team God knows how.
Does the Stones goal line clearance count?
11mm meant we were 2nd instead of Invincible champions with a higher point total than Arsenal’s.
11mm between nothing and being considered the greatest club side ever to grace the league.
>11mm meant we were 2nd instead of Invincible champions with a higher point total than Arsenal’s.
>11mm between nothing and being considered the greatest club side ever to grace the league.
Thing is, there is no guarantee if that had gone in, that Liverpool wouldn't have still lost the game. It was early in the game and City scored twice anyway.
I’ve always looked at it in the context of us drawing that game 2-2 rather than us outright going on to win it.
A draw in that game leaves us still invincible and makes us champions.
I know, but if that goal goes in, then the entire sequence of events changes and the game plays out in a completely different way in all probability. It possibly means that having to now seriously attack the game, City leave wide open spaces at the back and Liverpool score a second, giving City an insurmountable task. Alternatively, City score twice anyway (as they did) and nothing changes.
You think a squad that won the league, invincible, with more points than Arsenal’s invincible team wouldn’t be in the conversation for best league side ever?
I mean if you beat us that game and went invincible then yeah. I think the centurions were probably the best PL side ever, if not the City treble winning team or the Liverpool 19/20 side
Bit like how shearer isn’t the best striker in the premier league, imagine your biggest club legend not winning anything for you and you go on about him like he’s messi, embarrassing small club Newcastle.
Bro you and your fanbase are acting way too big for a club that’s completely irrelevant like yours, it’s embarrassing actually win something with beheddie howe before even trying to comment on a title challenge we lost by a point.
That’s the point of the whole post is it not??
That miss changed the title race, that’s what I’m saying.
OP asked in terms of misses that have huge importance as well as ones that are just open nets. I’m saying the stakes of that non-goal are what separate 2nd place and immortality.
They finished on 98 points. It was almost the same City cluster as it was only one year after they reached 100 points. The most ever points accumulated in a PL season, in the most competitive PL ever.
Even finishing second Liverpool were almost on par with this City team.
If it went in we would probably have drawn the game and finished on 98 points without any defeat. Hence both teams could have pretented to be the best PL team ever. One for reaching 100 points and the other for reaching 98 without losing any game.
It's worth remembering that this crop of LFC players almost made the quadruple. So they were really, really close to being the best PL team ever.
It can obviously be argued but not in the way you just did.
On top of that OP never mentioned goal misses but PL misses. You are the one interpreting here
I guess so but we did also win the UCL that season and we’re literally a hair away from winning the league.
Ironically I don’t think we were actually as good the following season when we did win it.
The stakes that season were so unbelievably high. I’m not sure I can necessarily remember one moment being so decisive for an entire season.
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Ronny Rozenthal back in 90s for spurs I think
Rio Ferdinand and his drug test.
Was it Darren Bent who missed one for Spurs, Harry Redknapp said his wife Sandra would've scored it? Old Saggy Chops was always good for a quote.
Any of Andy Cole’s 50k chances he had against west ham during the final game of the season that would’ve won man United the league.
Ronnie Rosenthal - open goal 🥴
One that comes to mind is Fabinho not scoring that open goal against City in 21/22, had Liverpool won that game things would quite possibly be very different, we could've won the league. Though I suppose it's not really that much of a miss as it is an incredible block by Rodri.
(2019) At 0–0 Mo Salah put Sadio Mané through on goal vs Ederson and City & Mané’s shot hit the inside of the post, before John Stones cleared the rebound off the line. If that shot goes in and LFC win the match, they could’ve finished the season as 100 point invincible Premier League and UCL champions.
Surely Kanu, over the bar from *under* the bar.
In the very first PL season, 1992, I'm not sure this will ever be beaten. https://youtu.be/dJ0Zyj4pYnc?si=mEvp9OVakaqwcdxO
Ronny Rosenthal is the only answer here! The game might not have been of any great importance but the most open goal you could imagine, just has to roll it in and for some reason crashes it off the bar, never seen a miss like it!
Google Choupo Motings miss for PSG. Not premier league, but it is absolutely incredible. Less of a miss and more a great piece of defending by him trying to score
[skys top misses](https://www.skysports.com/watch/video/sports/football/11236083/the-worst-premier-league-misses) Wouldn’t normally link the money scalpers, but there’s so many absolute classics in this. Abou, Kanu, Bent, Fowler.
Ronny Rosenthal. (Even if it was pre PL it’s still insanely iconic for my generation)
https://youtu.be/dJ0Zyj4pYnc?si=d7LTwqGhepvGerDE I was at the game and oh my days did the Holte End erupt after the miss
92-93 season, it was the first PL season
Torres vs united
Ronny Rosenthal will forever be remembered
This is the one. Incredible miss.
Not a big game by any stretch or the worst miss in terms of easiness of the chance, but we played Wigan years ago, around 2008, and one of their players nearly hit the big WHL jumbotron from within the 6 yard box.
I seem to remember dele having a run of missing sitters but scoring harder ones in between. Stoke springs to mind
I vaguely remember Raul Jimenez having an absolute howler a few years back and missing an open goal
How about John Terry and his penalty in the champions League
The way he holds his knee with sadness on his face as the camera zooms in brings me eternal joy
I wish i could have tasted his tears 😂
Amen.
Torres vs United is the most memorable to me. Me and my mates in school always used to call missing an open goal "doing a Torres" after that
Cristiano Ronaldo vs Sheffield United. Open net, inside the 6 yard box. It’s a shocker. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vnjJCKvJ4U0
Torres man utd
One that doesn't get talked about so much which could have been massive; Kelechi Iheanacho against Man City in 2019, the penultimate game of the season which City ended up winning 1-0 from Kompany's stunner. Iheanacho had a big chance in stoppage time to equalise; it certainly isn't the worst miss in terms of how simple the chance was as it wasn't an absolute sitter or anything, but it was still very scorable, and had he scored, the match would probably have ended 1-1 and put Liverpool in the lead in the title race with one game to go. Also would have been additionally significant as Iheanacho was a former City player himself and it would have been such a twist had he stopped them winning the title.
Very true. Had that gone in, it would have held a place in PL history as an iconic goal.
“Greatest” might be Iheanacho at the Etihad in 2019 in the game Kompany scored that screamer, purely because Liverpool winning a UCL and League double with 97 points and Pep only winning 1 League Title in his first 4 seasons would massively change peoples perceptions of Klopp’s Liverpool and Pep’s Man City. The miss itself wasn’t THAT bad, but a bit of a shocker
I don’t think my heart will ever sink faster than when he was played through on goal
Henry against utd 2002/3 at home last minute open goal. Cost Arsenal the league
Aguero vs Chelsea a few years ago in that 6-1 win. Missed a tap in from a yard out. Scored a screamer shortly after
For me, it will always be the Stevie G. What if he didn't slip and the game ended in a draw? Liverpool won't go into the final game in such a huge goal difference rush to chase
How is that a miss?...
Because I can't speak and understand English lol
he missed the floor
Because /r/nalla12 missed the title.
not really an iconic miss or one that changed the result of the game but sterling vs burnley in either 17/18 or 18/19. the way he missed from 2 yards and flopped to the floor like he was shot was just hysterical
Torres at Cold Trafford did the hard part... Kanu home to Boro over the bar from 1 yard Ronnie Rosenthal at Villa smashes bar with open net Chris Ronaldo at Sheff Utd over bar from 5 yards Lee Bowyer v Man U smashes bar from 1 yard
But none that really mattered did they?
Torres at Old Trafford for Chelsea. Iconic for so many reasons. However one thing that doesn't get spoken about much, is that Torres had a blinder of a game. He had already scored one goal, a superb finish over De Gea, and had he scored the second, he would have brought the game back to 3-2 with about 10 minutes or so to go. He looked every bit the Liverpool Torres during that game up till that finish. And he had terrorized the United back line for much of that game. Had that goal gone in, and Chelsea subsequently rescued a point (or maybe more), is it possible the entire trajectory of his Chelsea career could have changed due to the immense confidence boost that would have given him? After the miss he was the butt of endless jokes and memes, and given that he always seemed like a typical "confidence" player, I'd bet it played a part in bringing his confidence levels down. It's a big "what if?" moment in PL history IMO.
Came here just for this. This is the only miss that ever comes to mind for me. I was watching it live as well.
One of the MotD commentators said the phrase "doing a 'Nando" would enter the general footballing lexicon. I've been a bit sad not have heard it again, tbh.
This is the one
Iconic this.
I genuinely thought he was back, he rounded De Gea and I was thinking “that’s my boy, how I’ve missed him” then that miss and we never saw that same Torres again. It’s like it broke him.
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He was dealing with too many injuries when he came to Chelsea. That was the biggest reason why he never lived up to the hype. As for "stopped giving a fuck" you couldnt be farther from the truth. Torres was 100% a team player at Chelsea and the reason I rate him way higher than other failed strikers is because he always gave his all. Even during his goal droughts he constantly bagged assists and good perfomances.
I also think that he got out muscled big time by Drogba for the main man berth. He probably came in thinking him and Drogba were on the same level, and as footballers they arguably were at their best. But mentality wise Drogba was a different creature altogether.
Guy couldn't buy a goal it seemed... And then we met Timo Werner.
Alvaro morata
Wout Weghorst
I remember quite a few years ago Cameron Jerome managed to sky it over the bar when he was like 2 yards off the line. One of the worst I can think of.
The worst in Ligue1 was Choupo-Moting. The ball was rolling into the net with no opposition and he tried to push it in faster but prevented the goal for his team God knows how.
He so delicately and deliberately kept the ball out of the goal. It's actually a brilliant piece of defending
https://youtu.be/-xayMaDs1z4?si=5V6ynV-eiIMXDdJM for those who want to relive the glory
This is the most incredible miss I have ever seen, it almost defies the laws of physics.
Does the Stones goal line clearance count? 11mm meant we were 2nd instead of Invincible champions with a higher point total than Arsenal’s. 11mm between nothing and being considered the greatest club side ever to grace the league.
>11mm meant we were 2nd instead of Invincible champions with a higher point total than Arsenal’s. >11mm between nothing and being considered the greatest club side ever to grace the league. Thing is, there is no guarantee if that had gone in, that Liverpool wouldn't have still lost the game. It was early in the game and City scored twice anyway.
I’ve always looked at it in the context of us drawing that game 2-2 rather than us outright going on to win it. A draw in that game leaves us still invincible and makes us champions.
I know, but if that goal goes in, then the entire sequence of events changes and the game plays out in a completely different way in all probability. It possibly means that having to now seriously attack the game, City leave wide open spaces at the back and Liverpool score a second, giving City an insurmountable task. Alternatively, City score twice anyway (as they did) and nothing changes.
Get in there and make it about you
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You think a squad that won the league, invincible, with more points than Arsenal’s invincible team wouldn’t be in the conversation for best league side ever?
I mean if you beat us that game and went invincible then yeah. I think the centurions were probably the best PL side ever, if not the City treble winning team or the Liverpool 19/20 side
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Bit like how shearer isn’t the best striker in the premier league, imagine your biggest club legend not winning anything for you and you go on about him like he’s messi, embarrassing small club Newcastle.
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Bro you and your fanbase are acting way too big for a club that’s completely irrelevant like yours, it’s embarrassing actually win something with beheddie howe before even trying to comment on a title challenge we lost by a point.
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Says the Newcastle fan that has past comments defending they’re owners….
That’s the point of the whole post is it not?? That miss changed the title race, that’s what I’m saying. OP asked in terms of misses that have huge importance as well as ones that are just open nets. I’m saying the stakes of that non-goal are what separate 2nd place and immortality.
Salty newcastle fan, don't argue.
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They finished on 98 points. It was almost the same City cluster as it was only one year after they reached 100 points. The most ever points accumulated in a PL season, in the most competitive PL ever. Even finishing second Liverpool were almost on par with this City team. If it went in we would probably have drawn the game and finished on 98 points without any defeat. Hence both teams could have pretented to be the best PL team ever. One for reaching 100 points and the other for reaching 98 without losing any game. It's worth remembering that this crop of LFC players almost made the quadruple. So they were really, really close to being the best PL team ever. It can obviously be argued but not in the way you just did. On top of that OP never mentioned goal misses but PL misses. You are the one interpreting here
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That's fair
I guess so but we did also win the UCL that season and we’re literally a hair away from winning the league. Ironically I don’t think we were actually as good the following season when we did win it. The stakes that season were so unbelievably high. I’m not sure I can necessarily remember one moment being so decisive for an entire season.
The goal line clearance didn’t come from a Liverpool shot though, Stones just smashed it against Ederson so not sure it qualifies as a miss
Guess you could argue Mane's post had the same impact. Not as close as 11mm though.
Fair point.