A thrilling 2-2 draw with Arsenal on Sunday leaves Liverpool's Champions League hopes all but over.
Jurgen Klopp now finds his team 12 points behind Manchester United in fourth with just 27 left to play for between now and the end of the campaign. It leaves the Reds needing both a remarkably consistent run and a shocking collapse from either United or Newcastle in third.
It means Liverpool are likely facing up to the prospect of a season away from the lucrative top table of European football going forward. What that represents for the summer transfer plans, both from a financial and sporting perspective, remains to be seen but Klopp's players have little choice but to continue the battle for European qualification as they aim to at least end an ordinary campaign strongly. But you will have known all of that, of course. What you might have missed were some hidden subplots at Anfield on Easter Sunday.
