We have grown accustomed to Jurgen Klopp’s team finding a way — any way — to pull themselves over the line. To lose their first league match on the final day of February is an astonishing achievement.

Winning the Masters once seemed as easy as falling off a log for a golden generation of European players.

Rory McIlroy’s frustration at letting the WGC-Cadillac Championship slip away was a timely reminder of how difficult it will be to complete the career Grand Slam at the Masters.