Liverpool get what they deserve for not fixing problem that has ruined title chances

Inside the blue-hot cauldron of Goodison Park, Liverpool's Premier League title dreams all but melted.

And the worst thing about it all for those in the away end was how accurate their jubilant counterparts' summary of it all was as the clock ebbed into the final seconds.

"You lost the league at Goodison Park!" they roared with plenty of conviction. It was hard to argue otherwise, even if the ideal scenario of sending Jurgen Klopp into the sunset with a second winners' medal was always an outside bet given Arsenal's form and Manchester City's, well, everything.

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In the cold light of day, a more sober assessment of the campaign will reflect on progress, improvements and adjustments that have almost certainly brought about the return of Champions League football for next season, which will be contested by a new manager in the hotseat for the first time since October 2015.

But before those measured takes and sage opinions can begin to make sense of all this, Reds supporters will vent, they will fume and they will, with justification, argue just why their team were once more attempting to pull it out of the fire as the match entered the final throes.

Klopp is undoubtedly one of the greats from both a club history perspective and of the current operators across European football but his inability to fix a glaring, season-long problem of starting slowly has undermined their pursuit of glory.

A league-high of 27 points earned from losing positions has showcased the bags of mental resilience and quality Liverpool have when they are up against it but relying on that too