Eighty-three goals in 97 appearances is the kind of output that defines careers and settles arguments. By the most visible measure of his trade, Kylian Mbappe's move to Real Madrid in the summer of

A 2-0 away defeat that felt, by the assessment of the club's own punditry, like something of a reprieve tells you everything you need to know about where Liverpool currently stand. Arne Slot's side