3 Biggest Moments in Football in 2020

As we leave 2020 with high hopes for the future of football, let us look at the best 3 moments in football in 2020.

1. Liverpool 30 years Wait is Over

The last time they won the league was back in 1990 and after 30 long years, they finally lift the trophy yet again. Having most recently gone close in 2014, losing out to Manchester City following Steven Gerrard’s fateful slip against Chelsea and a 3-3 draw away at Crystal Palace in the following game, it was ironically Chelsea who sealed Liverpool’s title win, with a 2-1 win against City, courtesy of goals from Christian Pulisic and Willian, which meant that Liverpool were 23 points clear of the Sky Blues with just seven games to go, meaning the gap was insurmountable. Liverpool finished the season on 99 points, which is the second-most in the history of the Premier League, only one point behind Manchester City’s centurions from the 2017/18 season.

2. Leeds United Promoted to the Premier League

Last season Leeds United ended their 16-year wait for Premier League football to return to Elland Road, as they won the EFL Championship with 93 points, ten points clear of West Bromwich Albion in second. The Yorkshire side’s promotion and league title was sealed following West Brom and Brentford’s failure to win their matches as they both fell to shock defeats at Huddersfield and Stoke with Leeds having already beaten Barnsley at Elland Road on game week 44, thanks to an own goal from Michael Sollbauer. The White’s win against their near-neighbours and their promotion rivals’ defeats meant that Leeds went 10 points clear at the top of the table ahead of the Baggies, meaning Marcelo Bielsa became just the fourth manager to have won the second division for the club, after Arthur Fairclough, Don Revie and Howard Wilkinson.

3. Bayern Munich Winning the UEFA Champions League

The year 2020 saw German giants Bayern Munich win the treble for the second time in their club’s history, having last done it in 2012/13, with Hansi Flick’s side completing this feat against Paris St Germain in the UEFA Champions League final at the Estádio da Luz in Lisbon, thanks to a solitary goal by Kingsley Coman.

Bayern had already won the Bundesliga and DFB Pokal, having beaten Borussia Dortmund to the league title by 13 points, racking up 82 points in 34 games, scoring 100 goals in the process, before dispatching of Bayer Leverkusen in the German Cup final, beating Peter Bosz’s side 4-2. Due to the incredible performances from the German side, which saw them beat the likes of Barcelona 8-2 in the Champions League semi-final, Flick was voted as UEFA Men’s Coach of the Year, whilst Polish striker Robert Lewandowski was voted as UEFA Men’s Best Player of the Year, having scored 55 goals in 47 matches in all competitions.