Jurgen Klopp's mood will have grown gloomier after the news that Virgil van Dijk will miss more than a month for Liverpool with a hamstring injury - adding more pain to a season that is already becoming turbulent.
The Reds do not have a great record without the Dutchman and memories will instantly hark back to the 2020-21 season, where they barely scraped into the Champions League after he missed the majority of the season with an ACL injury suffered in the Merseyside derby.
Though the Reds have had Van Dijk available this campaign, he has not enjoyed his best season.