A shell-shocked Kop could only sit in stunned silence as the noise from the away end filled each corner of Anfield.
They were Leeds United, we were told, they were marching on together, and, to put it in family-friendly terms, they didn't think Liverpool were particularly good. They were right on that score, at least.
The statistics will tell you that Liverpool's 29-game unbeaten home run, dating back to March 2021, is over, but this was in all actuality their first Premier League defeat in front of their own fans since April 23, 2017. You have to trawl back some 2016 days to a 2-1 win for Sam Allardyce's Crystal Palace for that setback. Its place in history is no more.
