Liverpool midfielder Thiago Alcantara admits the players could not imagine in their 'worst nightmares' how the club's Premier League season has gone so badly wrong.
However, he believes progress to the Champions League quarter-finals can help turn things around quickly after a 2-0 second-leg win over RB Leipzig in Budapest gave them a 4-0 aggregate victory.
That is in stark contrast to their domestic form, where an unprecedented six successive home defeats have contributed to a run of just 12 points from the last 42 and torpedoed not only their title defence, but severely damaged top-four hopes.