Warning: The following does not fit neatly into the “boom to bust” narrative which swirls around Liverpool. No one will be overly criticised — player, manager or owners — this is a piece that will metaphorically shrug its shoulders, rather than stamp its feet, so please stop reading now if that does not appeal.

It is de rigueur these days to pick apart every football match, to analyse the missed chance in finite detail and slow down the slow-mo of the goal at the corner, in order to draw a grand conclusion: he’s not good enough, they don’t care, what do they do on the training ground, they’re only in it for the money.

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But what if the inquest into Liverpool’s defeat at bottom club