The final whistle had just sounded on Liverpool's biggest away loss in Europe in more than a half-century when Jurgen Klopp made his way across the field to salute his team's away fans.
Typically, Klopp's post-match routine sees him repeatedly punch the air in front of Liverpool's supporters — and get a guttural roar of approval in response. This time, he was raising his hands in apology.
Liverpool's performance in its 4-1 loss at Napoli in the Champions League on Wednesday was so poor — so unlike Liverpool — that it had Klopp scratching his head and wondering how things had gotten this bad, this quickly for a team that was in the final of Europe's top competition only 3½ months ago.
