Remembering Diogo Jota, whose loss is felt beyond Liverpool

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Former Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has always possessed an uncanny ability to articulate the feelings of the club's fan base. He did so with remarkable regularity across his nine years as manager of the club, though his words have perhaps never resonated as profoundly as they did on Thursday, after Liverpool forward Diogo Jota, 28, and younger brother André Silva, 25, were killed in a car accident in northwest Spain.

"This is a moment where I struggle," Klopp wrote on social media. "There must be a bigger purpose, but I can't see it."

It's a sentiment that has been shared by those associated with Liverpool and by the wider world. It is a tragedy that also brings to mind…