Science tells Liverpool to enjoy the pressure points

There’s a theory the very best football managers, often without acknowledging it and sometimes without having studied it, are instinctively some of the greatest psychologists on the planet.

If so, Liverpool, as they attempt to cope with the ever-increasing pressure as they attempt to win a first league title since 1990, will be hoping that Jurgen Klopp can guide his players through the next three months, not just with on-field tactics but with carefully-chosen words too.