The next week will in some ways be demoralising for Liverpool regardless of what happens on the pitch.
This lunchtime comes the trip to Manchester City, with whom the Reds fought tooth and nail with for the Premier League title in three of the previous four seasons but now stand a whopping 19 points ahead in the table.
On Tuesday is a visit to Chelsea, the Londoners already enthused for a Champions League quarter-final against Real Madrid, the team Jurgen Klopp's side succumbed to in meek fashion in the last round of the competition.