Sulking Jose Mourinho now a fireball of negative energy at Chelsea

The words hung uncomfortably in the west London air during an eerie Halloween moment at Stamford Bridge; and even the big boys in the Matthew Harding Stand twitched a little awkwardly at the poignancy of it: “You’re not special any more”.

Liverpool fans have a habit of hitting the mark — and the chant that boomed around a depressed Bridge on Saturday, just as everything had gone deathly quiet, certainly achieved that aim.

It was a game that was always going to be billed as the Special One v the Normal One and by every possible measuring tool, Jurgen Klopp had come out on top.