After the storm is a golden sky

Once the sound and the fury of Selhurst Park subsided, there was only silence in the Liverpool dressing room; silence and "devastation".

Brendan Rodgers himself said it was “very quiet”. Although sources state some players tried to inject a bit of energy, most knew.

That could be seen in the distraught reactions of Luis Suarez and Steven Gerrard. They knew they had blown a great chance to win the title.