Well, like all "good" politicians you choose to answer your own questions. It's relevant because even at the eleventh hour we could (should) have scraped through.
For once the Fates intervened against us on the last day.
"Scoring a goal is better than sex" - Whoever said that was sticking it to the wrong woman
"Scoring a goal is better than sex" - Whoever said that was sticking it to the wrong woman
So in your little hypothesis, the course of history changes completely for Liverpool but remains mysteriously unperturbed at the Emirates?