Few would have seen this coming. Only seven months ago Liverpool were lifting the Premier League title aloft after a stupendous season which saw them finish 18 points ahead of the competition.
And it was only as recent as six weeks ago that they looked on course to claim the trophy again after topping the table at Christmas with a 7-0 thumping of Crystal Palace.
Since then though, their whole campaign has unravelled. A 3-1 defeat at Leicester led Jurgen Klopp to concede his side's chances of winning a successive title were over.
In truth, they had been ended a week earlier by this year's seemingly runaway favourites Man City. So what now for the reigning champions?
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