There has been talk in recent weeks about the rising levels of anxiety at Liverpool, a drop-off in their performance levels. Look at the number of draws, people have said. Is this a wobble? The club have won one league title since 1990 so a few nerves ought to come as standard.
And yet, at the home of the soon‑to‑be‑deposed champions, when Liverpool had to win the match to clamp one hand firmly on the Premier League trophy – to take advantage of Arsenal’s shock home defeat by West Ham on Saturday – there was only assurance; a never-in-doubt result.
