Terrace Talk: Liverpool - Say what you like but at least Rafa could organise a defence

Welcome to the annual bar lowering championships, earlier than usual, where Liverpool are looking for their umpteenth title in a row. Practice makes perfect, after all.

It’s almost impossible for this club to lay off the Beatles references, usually in toe-curling promos. Not wise for an enterprise embodying the lyrics of Yesterday. We’re not half the men we used to be, either. Klopp picked his (urgh) Fab Four for the trip to Moscow. I’m assuming that’s why Firmino did his best Ringo ‘along for the ride’ impression.‘There was predictably only one goal to show for it all, with the obligatory throwaway at the other end. It’s reached a point where one conceded is quite the coup, nobody expects otherwise.

Much head-scratching about goalie swapping. There may be one person on Earth who thinks it’s all genuine indecision about ability. The rest believe it must be contract obligation. Or worse; Klopp is worried Karius might leave if he doesn’t get games. The collective shrug would measure 6.5 on the Richter scale.