Trent Alexander-Arnold stood alone, grappling with the situation. Hands on his hips and head bowed, he was clearly inconsolable as the pain of it all took hold.
Elimination from the Champions League stings but there seemed more to this scene than just the frustration of another lost football match and the aching realisation this campaign will close without Liverpool collecting any silverware.
Alexander-Arnold had said last February Liverpool had reached a level where one pot a season was the minimum requirement, so for everything to be off the table with two months to play brought a crashing sense of failure.