When Jurgen Klopp was asked by BBC Sport if fate had conspired against his Liverpool side in Tuesday’s 1-0 defeat to Leicester, it would have been easy for him to simply reply ‘yes’.
After Mohamed Salah’s saved penalty, countless spurned opportunities and going down to the Foxes’ only shot on target all match - from substitute Ademola Lookman - few would have raised an eyebrow had Klopp put the Reds’ second loss of the season down to luck.