When Jurgen Klopp was asked by BBC Sport if fate had conspired against his Liverpool side in Tuesday's 1-0 defeat to Leicester, it would have been easy for him to simply reply 'yes'.
After Mohamed Salah's saved penalty, countless spurned opportunities and going down to the Foxes' only shot on target all match - from substitute Ademola Lookman - few would have raised an eyebrow had Klopp put the Reds' second loss of the season down to luck.
But there was none of that from the German as he faced up to the reality of Liverpool now being six points being Premier League leaders Man City.