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Jurgen Klopp hugged Everton manager Sean Dyche, patted his Liverpool players on the back and then disappeared down the players' tunnel with 38,000 Evertonians singing "You lost the league at Goodison Park" at full volume.

The manager knew it was all over for him and for Liverpool.

Having been so desperate to step down from Liverpool at the end of this season with the Premier League trophy back at Anfield, Klopp must now face up to a long, empty farewell.

In the space of five weeks, hopes of a quadruple have evaporated with elimination from the FA Cup against Manchester United and Europa League against Atalanta.

That left Liverpool with only the Premier League available to add to the Carabao Cup they won against Chelsea in February.

But the league trophy has now pretty much disappeared over the horizon after this 2-0 defeat at Everton on Wednesday.

Klopp had never lost a derby at Goodison going into his final one, but he will never be able to shake off the memory of his last visit to Liverpool's near neighbour.

Having heralded his "mentality monsters" so many times during his nine years as Liverpool manager, Klopp saw those same players shrink against more determined opponents.

That fatigue is now being manifested in his players, who failed to score for a third time in five games while falling to their third defeat in that same sequence.

Liverpool, including forward Mohamed Salah, lacked fight and determination in their loss to Everton at Goodison Park on Wednesday. Naomi Baker/Getty Images

"We created chances, but don't score enough and that doesn't help," Klopp said in his post-match press conference.

Luis Díaz hit a post late on for Liverpool, but they rarely looked like getting back into the game and they same can be said for their chances of winning the title.

Liverpool's title hopes were already fading before this trip to Goodison, but as he headed down the tunnel, Klopp knew that the Everton fans were right.
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