It can be difficult at times like this to get the sense of perspective right. Liverpool has lost three out of its last four games. It has gone out of the FA Cup. Its hopes of becoming only the third unbeaten league champion ever are over. It trails Atletico Madrid 1-0 in its Champions League last-16 tie before Wednesday’s second leg.
In other circumstances, these would be the ingredients of an incipient crisis. But Liverpool sits 22 points clear at the top of the Premier League, albeit having played a game more than Manchester City in second, and last weekend's defeat at Watford was its first loss in 44 Premier League matches.