One year on: A first goal, a ghost goal by Diogo Jota 

With the first anniversary of Jota’s death, I’ve been thinking a lot about that first goal. I’ve gone into YouTube many times to rewatch.

Fans sign a mural in memory of Liverpool player Diogo Jota, on Sybil Road near Anfield. Pic: Peter Byrne/PA Wire.

Liverpool’s first Premier League goal under Arne Slot? Where, when, who? No googling.

Over the last completely forgettable league season, I asked fellow reds this question. Brothers, friends in pubs, people in the stands at Anfield. I asked them when the conversation turned to how, after winning the title in Arne Slot’s first season as manager, the team could fall asunder so dramatically. Nobody remembers. You have to remind them, and they all always say “Oh yeah…” as if some painful ghost had been coaxed awake.