A week is a long time in football, and seven days of wholly unanticipated anguish have severely harmed Liverpool’s hopes of lifting silverware in Jurgen Klopp’s final season at the helm.
Last Sunday’s 2-2 draw with Manchester United at Old Trafford was the one that got away for the Reds — their dominance untold by the final score-line. But twice in the last four days, a return to their trusty fortress of Anfield has thrown up shock defeats that threaten to ruin Liverpool’s once oh-so-promising campaign.
