The death of Diogo Jota, the empty peg in the Liverpool dressing room and the raw, immeasurable impact grief and trauma will be having on Arne Slot and his squad. 'You have to find ways to manage. Next game, next game...'
It would be wrong to try to estimate where the line falls between tragedy and sporting reasons for Liverpool's woes. But it is there, a factor that is difficult to talk about and impossible to weigh.