When the final whistle went, Jarell Quansah, who had been one of the best players on the pitch and is one of the best young players in the country, put his head in his hands and then pulled his shirt as high over his face as he could make it go.
Bruno Fernandes, the Manchester United captain, noticed his demeanour and gave him a consoling pat on the back. Virgil van Dijk did the same. Liverpool had just blinked first in the title race and Quansah felt it was his fault.