Nothing surprises us in our Anfield circus

AS THE philosopher once said, “Make them laugh, make them laugh. Don’t you know all the world wants to laugh?”

It’s the old showbiz ethic of “give ‘em what they want” and at Anfield we aim to please. There aren’t many clubs that try to implode on the day of their biggest game of the season.

It was largely blamed on skittish bookies already stung by an amateur scam, and a satellite channel that thinks a match between two European giants isn’t fascinating enough by itself.