Football, more than ever these past two years, has always been about escapism.
It is, to coin an often-used phrase, "the most important of life's unimportant things" and rarely does that ring more true than on the streets of Merseyside, where someone will always be quick to engage in the conversation - whatever their allegiance.
And for Liverpool fans, it has rarely been this good right now. Two years ago, their Premier League domination was put on indefinite hold as the world was getting set to face up to a new way of life in lockdown.
