Premier League football returned on Saturday but it was a familiar feeling for Liverpool fans away from home as Manchester City became the latest side to inflict misery.
It almost felt like the tide could turn when Mohamed Salah curled beyond Ederson to give the Reds the lead. But once the ball went out wide to Jack Grealish who slid across to Julian Alvarez to equalise, old wounds were reopened.
There have been low points in this dismal campaign and yesterday afternoon's outing at the Etihad Stadium was just another chapter. Within a minute of the restart, their 45 minutes of hard work came undone with Kevin De Bruyne, Ilkay Gundogan and Jack Grealish all on target extending a miserable run in east Manchester for Liverpool.