It was deep into added time at the end of the game when Pascal Gross slammed his penalty down the middle past the dive of Alisson and into the back of the Liverpool net for Brighton’s equaliser. On the touchline at the Amex Stadium, Jurgen Klopp turned away and started clapping slowly and sarcastically towards the linesman in a gesture of impotent despair and fury.
It had seemed until then that the champions had kicked away their crutches for just long enough to win another football match and move into a three point lead at the top of the table but then Brighton were awarded their late spot-kick and suddenly all the demons that have been haunting the Liverpool manager and his team returned with a vengeance.