Plenty will chuckle at that - but a quick glance at the underlying metrics prove Klopp may have a point. In both matches, Liverpool posted eight shots on target.

In the 7-0 victory, the total expected goals output, which measures the quality of chances created, was just 2.78 - basically implying Liverpool overachieved in scoring seven times. In this 0-0, Liverpool created a similar total in 2.35 worth of expected goals. A serious underperformance on the metrics, but as Jamie Carragher referenced, it never actually felt like a goal was coming despite so many efforts at goal. Of those 34 shots, it was only a Virgil van Dijk header that forced Andre Onana into any meaningful save - and even that didn't get him at full stretch.

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It was an attacking performance low on quality and the usual ruthlessness associated with Klopp's football was anonymous.