Jurgen Klopp has pointed to the moment he knew Liverpool needed to do something special to stand any chance of a quadruple.
The Kop boss missed the Reds’ 2-2 draw with Chelsea in January after testing positive for Covid - a result which left them 14 points behind leaders Manchester City. Klopp returned fired up and charged his players with going on a run of ‘finals’ to chase down City, who they had two games in hand on.
The Reds have won 13 league games since with their only blight a 2-2 draw with leaders City, who they now trail by just one point as he turned his attention to a Champions League semi-final with Villarreal on Wednesday night.