As moments in Liverpool’s glorious history go, it hardly seemed the most auspicious.
Back in 2016, they had just been trounced in Europe’s minor final in the Swiss city of Basel, by a Sevilla side who weren’t even legends in their own households, after a second-half collapse at St Jakob-Park of almost embarrassing proportions.
Yet it is in the darkest moments before the dawn where Jurgen Klopp’s genius is most apparent. He shocked his players by insisting they gather in their hotel for a boozy get-together anyway, following that traumatic Europa League final defeat by Unai Emery’s well-drilled but modestly-talented Sevilla side.
