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You can’t assess Liverpool this season without factoring in the tragic loss of Diogo Jota in July. The ongoing impact of that grief is impossible to quantify. It’s less than three months since those incredibly poignant scenes at Preston when the tears flowed, and just getting back on to the field was hard enough.

“It was always going to be a difficult season,” said captain Virgil van Dijk. “It’s not only because of what happens on the pitch, but also because of what has happened off it.”