After experiencing one of his worst nights as Liverpool manager in Naples last month, this 7-1 shellacking of Rangers might just constitute one of Jurgen Klopp's best. The Champions League has been his refuge this season.
It's now three straight European wins for the Reds since a "horrorshow" at Napoli condemned them to a 4-1 defeat on September 7. This was, by some distance, their most convincing yet. After steadying themselves with a narrow win over Ajax at Anfield, back-to-back victories over Rangers now puts them on the cusp of qualification to the knockout stages of Europe's premier competition once more.
If a 14-point deficit to league leaders Arsenal already has Klopp being forced to concede that his team are not in the title race on domestic shores, their trials and tribulations in Europe at least mean that something is likely to be stirring in the second half of the campaign next year.
