Jurgen Klopp can revisit X-rated Liverpool claim after loss that could mean big change behind the scenes

If the finale of Jurgen Klopp's reign is being referred to as the Last Dance behind the scenes at Liverpool, then this was the week when the music stopped.

And if the Reds manager is searching for inspiration for how he will accurately summarise a first home defeat in the Premier League since October 2022, then he will do worse than to reiterate a phrase first coined nearly nine years ago on Merseyside.

"I can’t forget this f****** loss to Crystal Palace!" fumed Klopp about a November 2015 reverse at Anfield against the Eagles. Back then, his tenure was in its embryonic stages and while clearly vexing, this 1-0 loss - thanks to Eberechi Eze's early goal - will likely become far more infamous in the fullness of time.

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Liverpool have only lost three times at home in the Premier League in front of their fans in seven years and two of them have now come at the hands of the South Londoners. No wonder chairman Steve Parish breezed through Anfield’s mixed zone with a smile as wide as the Mersey tunnel at full time. Who could blame him?

This was arguably the most damaging home defeat for a decade in the Premier League. Not since a much-changed Chelsea pulled up at Anfield and pilfered a 2-0 win to all but end Brendan Rodgers's title hopes in April 2014 have the Reds suffered such a result on home soil that has the potential to career an entire season off track.

Klopp's team failed to capitalise on the opportunity to move back to the summit of the table with six left to negotiate and while it is not yet terminal for those aspirations, only