Jurgen Klopp saw Liverpool's title hopes effectively go up in smoke at the Emirates Stadium on Sunday.
The Reds headed into the crunch clash against Arsenal knowing that they simply could not afford to lose against the Premier League's early pace-setters. But after a frenetic 3-2 defeat, Liverpool are now 14 points off their rivals at the summit of the league - a total that makes another tilt at the title extremely unlikely.
Liverpool struggled at times to contain Arsenal, who well and truly underlined their own title credentials by exposing the same frailties that have plagued the Reds all season.