Never think of this season, as the season of what might have been. Of course, we as fans can recognise the disappointment of falling just short of the quadruple.

But, we must think towards the future and with Jurgen Klopp at the helm, there is still history to be made.

He is one of the true greats of modern coaching and long may he call Liverpool his home.

On Sunday, there was a period of around 90 seconds after the full-time whistle at Anfield when Klopp hugged players and thanked them for their work, as their faces revealed their disappointment at what might have been.

But they were not dismayed for long. As like us, they realise that this season, has been a magical one and the triple for Liverpool is still alive and kicking.

Manchester City and Liverpool have propelled each other season after season with City winning the title for the fourth time in five years. Pep Guardiola has done an incredible job with his team, denying Liverpool its deserved triumphs.

When you consider the fact, that Liverpool have recorded three of the eight highest points totals in the Premier League era and yet won only one league title.

This is a great measure to the mighty Liverpool but also to a truly great Manchester City side.

It may sound trite in the aftermath of City’s fourth title in five years, maybe even a little desperate, but Liverpool really should source great pride in pushing them so close.

Finishing a distant second to Pep Guardiola, is something to be proud of, but getting to within a point of them twice is a little ridiculous and hard to bear.

If City’s relentlessness demands perfection, Liverpool didn’t quite manage it. If there was one criticism of their league season, it was a tendency to occasionally become embroiled in chaotic matches, in which they possessed the quality to win through control.

However, to an extent chaos defines Klopp’s success with his – “heavy metal football.”

Liverpool have a front three full of bangs and whistles, a high defensive line and two gloriously attacking full-backs.

But at times, Liverpool probably went a little too far. An example of this, is when Klopp’s side were involved in five 2-2 draws, a 3-3 draw and a 3-2 defeat in the league this season. This is a little pernickety – those seven games accounted for 62 per cent of all the league goals Liverpool conceded so we can hardly call it an established pattern.

But if you score 15 goals across seven matches and have the quality in all areas that Liverpool possesses, you should not have negative goal difference.

It’s only a small point. Liverpool lost two league matches all season having failed to win the title in 2018-19 after losing only one. They scored 94 goals and dropped four points in 24 matches against those 12 teams that finished outside the top eight. They were brilliant and they were brilliant to watch.

Under a severe workload, this season Liverpool’s most impressive quality was their consistency. The greatest barrier to competing on all four fronts is not complacency or technical ability, but fatigue. But Klopp managed his rotation perfectly and almost always got results with a perceived “weakened” team.

Liverpool played 15 cup matches from January onwards and yet dropped only four points in their final 18 matches (two of those points coming against Manchester City). By any standards, that is a remarkable return. And remarkable too that it wasn’t enough to give them a shot at the quadruple.

The biggest moment of Liverpool’s season didn’t come on the pitch and would surely only be surpassed by winning the Champions League final in Paris tonight. But on 29 April, Liverpool announced that Klopp had signed a two-year extension to his contract. For all the wonder of Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane, the freshness of Luis Diaz, the passing aesthetics of Thiago and the sheer number of dependable options in central defence, Klopp is their everything.

The manager is staying. The rejuvenation of the squad has already begun and will likely continue this summer. If life can occasionally sting when you are a super team chasing a super club, that only demands that you enjoy the journey as much as the eventual destinations.

There aren’t many clubs in the world that are more fun to follow right now.

Finally, I would like to dedicate this post to my Dad, who sadly passed away in March of this year.

There are so many memories I shared with my Dad, but I suppose our greatest love was for Liverpool.

My Dad always said that having a daughter, that loved football as equally, or possibly more than he did, was a true blessing!

Whilst watching the Reds together, nothing else seemed to matter!

The constant debates on tactics, to our endless trips to Anfield; they truly were the best of times.

Liverpool will forever be our place!

So, thank you for everything Dad!

I’m signing off for now!

Y.N.W.A

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