It was hard to imagine at Christmas when Liverpool were top of the Premier League - unthinkable for the Champions, even....finishing outside the top four.
After winning the Premier League so emphatically, with such authority, Jurgen Klopp’s side were talked of as all time greats, as a team who could create a dynasty every bit as dominant as the Anfield legends of the 70s and 80s.
Barely two months later though, Klopp accepts, for the first time, the catastrophic consequences of being exiled from Europe’s Champions League elites are a real possibility now.
But if it happens, it will be for one season only. He is adamant about that: “This club will not be a regular out of the Champions’ League - this year is difficult we know that. “But
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