It was telling, not just in Jurgen Klopp’s words but in his demeanour, when he said there would be no big movies about this season and admitted ‘we have to go through it anyway’.
Telling in the frustration that Trent Alexander-Arnold reacted with when his goalbound free-kick crashed into Jordan Henderson and when the full back trudged off in the second half without the usual hug from his manager. And telling in the way Liverpool’s players spoke afterwards.
The last train back from Euston to Liverpool on Saturday was at 7.