Terrace Talk: Liverpool - Three goals to the good and yet the fear lingers

This is getting intense. You’re not supposed to hyperventilate six days running, surely?

Thing is, all I’d ever wanted from the quarter-final was a bit of pride and any chance of going through in the return.

It’s become much more than that now, surely? More than something to lose, more than a cup tie and has ended up triggering the sickening fear of utter humiliation. Glass half empty again?