What Stretford End did to goad Jurgen Klopp was feeble - Liverpool exposed a brutal truth to Man United

Have Liverpool ever been this despondent after a draw at Manchester United? While that question may cause some debate it must be argued that going level on points with the Premier League leaders can rarely have felt so deflating in April.

Jurgen Klopp argued otherwise at full time, claiming: "As far as I’m concerned I see it being a point more than before the game." But there can be few who genuinely believe this remarkable 2-2 draw was a positive result on the pattern of the match itself.

Twenty-eight shots, 62% possession and enough chances to win three or four games still wasn't enough. The lack of real clinical edge cost the Reds dearly at this venue and that psychological barrier remains firmly in place.

Liverpool are strangely missing one player and Manchester United draw proves it

Liverpool player ratings as Alexis Mac Allister and one other excellent in Manchester United draw

The wait for a statement victory in this pursuit of the Premier League title goes on and Liverpool's supporters would have been on fewer roller coasters this season had they bought themselves yearly passes to Alton Towers.

A wrench into the title hopes of their most fierce rival was the summit of United's ambitions and they are able to say they at least achieved that. Not to the extent that they would have liked, but this sees Arsenal now stand as the leaders via goal difference with both on 71 points.

That the once great Manchester United have been reduced to the role of spoilsports in a race that involves their two biggest enemies and the club with whom they share so much title history acutely sums up where the Erik ten Hag project sits right now.

With 12 defeats this term and a goal difference that stands at minus one after 31