Liverpool must find way past their imperfections

Liverpool shouldn’t really be anyone’s idea of plucky underdogs.

How could they when standing a lofty and healthy eighth in the latest list of the most valuable club in world football (at €1.24bn)?

And when they boast one of the most overloaded honours lists imaginable? Yet, here they are, off to Kiev later this month and cast in the role of David to Real Madrid’s Goliath.