Liverpool 1 Sevilla 3: Liverpool’s whirlwind development under Jurgen Klopp has taken a painful and significant knock after they were demolished by Sevilla in the second half of a Europa League Final in Basel, underlining that sheer character alone may not be enough to recreate former glories at Anfield.

1. We wrote off Wayne Rooney too soon

If this is a sign of what’s to come then the Premier League’s newest managerial rivalry between unlikely couple Jurgen Klopp and Arsene Wenger could rapidly become the biggest show in England.

Petr Cech has probably never had so much fun after the kind of all-action man-of-the-match display he rarely got to enjoy at Chelsea; but Arsenal’s defensive frailties should not be the only concern as they were held to a goalless draw by an improving Liverpool side at the Emirates.