And then there was one. Liverpool now have only the Champions League to play for after they were thrashed 4-0 at Manchester City in their FA Cup quarter-final on Saturday.

Erling Haaland touched the ball only three times in the Reds penalty area but still managed to score a hat-trick with Antoine Semenyo also netting for the moneybags Etihad outfit.

It made for the latest in a long list of pathetic afternoons this season. And while the ECHO was in attendance and provided our usual level of coverage, here's how the national media viewed a dreadful result for Arne Slot's side.

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Paul Joyce, formerly of this parish, was not impressed at the Liverpool players not addressing the basics of football.

"There is a soft underbelly to a squad that think they are better than they are judging by the amount...