Is it too early in the day to draw parallels between the 1990-91 Reds and the 2013-14 Red Devils? The resignation of Kenny Dalglish at Liverpool during the 1990-91 season saw the club lose a legendary manager and brought an end to roughly two decades of dominance. The resignation of Alex Ferguson at Manchester
United saw the club lose a legendary manager and appears to have brought to an end to roughly two decades of dominance. In the first two full seasons after Dalglish's resignation, Liverpool finished sixth in the table. Spookily enough, United currently sit sixth in the table - and their performances this season so far suggest a strong likelihood that the same spot will still be theirs next May.
What is more worrying is the manner of those matches. Sunday's draw against newly-promoted Cardiff City is exactly the sort of game that Fergie's United would never have let slip regardless of how well or badly they played. On Sunday they looked completely ordinary, and actually a pretty close match for Malky Mackay's men, before - ignominy of ignominies! - conceding the sort of Fergie-time equaliser they used to thrive on.
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