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It was an empty response in a largely empty performance - a performance devoid of all the things that have turned the Premier League title race into a Liverpool lap of honour.
Quite simply, the Premier League champions-elect were, up until the final throes of the match, a passive shambles of a side.
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And there must surely have been psychological factors involved, the dramatic nature of their Champions League exit creating an inevitable sense of deflation.
Plus, with the Premier League title as good as sealed, perhaps one or two, subconsciously, feel their hard work is done.
And to a certain extent, of course, it is.
The pain of this loss was immediate but there can be no diluting Liverpool’s Premier League achievement.
Mohamed Salah with Liverpool boss Arne Slot.
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