Jurgen Klopp has cried the bitter tears of final-day disappointment before but he is unlikely to do so on Sunday. Not because Liverpool are certain to win the Premier League. Their chance remains very much an outside one.
Klopp will retain his equanimity partly because he already has two trophies in the cabinet and the chance of a third next weekend in Paris. But largely because his first two years of management at Mainz taught him to maintain perspective.
Klopp does failure well. Maybe better than any other manager. Not that he likes to lose but he does have a gift of placing setbacks within a bigger picture, which is enormously inspiring.