Published: 18:10, 4 April 2026 | Updated: 18:10, 4 April 2026

As Manchester City fans briefly averted their starry-eyed gazes from the pitch to perform their famous Poznan dance, the 7,600 Liverpool supporters up high in the away end decided to follow suit.

Around they turned. For the exits they headed. An early train home. Beat the traffic. Sneak in a couple of swift halves in the Northern Quarter to drown their sorrows before the watering holes become flooded with gloating locals.

This was the travelling Kop voting with their feet. Turning their backs not just physically but metaphorically. They pay their money, follow this lot around the country and time and again have not been repaid on the pitch.

Not that any fan is entitled to success, they know that. But they are entitled to question what on earth is going on with this mess of a season. Liverpool are not learning and none of them, especially the head coach, seem to have the answers to fix it.

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