The scene was a meeting room at the Hilton Munich Park hotel and as Jürgen Klopp cleared his voice and prepared to hold court, Liverpool’s players fell silent. Unbeknown to them all, they were about to be taken to task. Not in anger, with the kind of ear-splitting rant that would peel the paint off the walls but, rather, in frustration at the lack of self-belief he perceived.

It was the eve of the second leg of the Champions League round-of-16 tie against Germany’s best and Klopp’s patience had run out. The March showdown with Bayern Munich in the Allianz Arena was finely balanced after a goalless draw at Anfield in which the visiting side had performed with less pizzazz than normal, content to stymie