NO-ONE expected this a month ago – certainly not Jurgen Klopp.
On the night of his worst night as Liverpool manager, a 4-1 humiliation at Napoli, Klopp would have laughed had you told him his team would be through to the last 16 with a game to go.
But four successive wins have followed that nightmare in Naples. At a noisy Johan Cruyff Arena last night, goals from Mo Salah, Darwin Nunez and Harvey Elliott sealed an easy win over a desperately-poor Ajax team.
When you look at Saturday’s 1-0 loss at Nottingham Forest, no-one on Merseyside will be getting carried away with themselves.
If we are being realistic, Liverpool have been lucky to feature in the same group as both Ajax, along with Rangers, who have been absolutely hopeless.