On a night when the Premier League title was being decided in Manchester, Jurgen Klopp's Liverpool were many miles away, both literally and figuratively. They needed to come from behind in east London to rescue their hopes of qualifying for the Champions League next season. Those hopes, even after a narrow 2-1 win at West Ham United, remain hanging by a thread.

There is no doubt it will be an uphill battle. Still trailing six points behind Manchester United and Newcastle United, who both have at least a game in hand, Klopp continues to publicly dispel any notion of a race for the top four. "I can't see it," he said postmatch. But some players still hold faith. Last week, Fabinho told ESPN Brasil that Liverpool can still do it, but he admitted there was no room for error. Maybe that is putting it lightly.

"I want at least for a few weeks for us to show our real face," Klopp told reporters at the London Stadium. "We have gone from an ugly one, a nice one, ugly one, nice one. We've shown it for three games."