If there is to be a gentle gnawing at Liverpool on what was yet another memorable European night at Anfield, it will be that their dominance was not reflected by a healthier margin.
On first inspection, it seems a ridiculous point to make for a team who are now so close to the Champions League final in Paris they are practically docked at Calais, but such was the control of Jurgen Klopp's Reds that Villarreal really should be heading back to Spain knowing their impossible dream is over. It really shouldn't be this comfortable.
Nineteen shots and 73% possession doesn't tell the full story of a game that at times - particularly at the end when Unai Emery's men were desperate to simply keep hold of the debt they were already in - resembled a training match of attack against defence. It really was that purposeful from a team who can quite rightly lay claim to being Europe's finest right now.
