From "seventh season curse" to seventh heaven with 7-0 battering of United

Farewell to the title hopes before New Year's Eve. Shocking FA Cup exit at the hands of Brighton. League Cup elimination after a loss to Manchester City. The Champions League embarrassment with a devastating 5-2 defeat at Anfield to Real Madrid in the first leg of the knockout stage. Lots of flops and issues inside the team, with highly-paid newcomers struggling to live up to expectations. Finally, the talks of notorious Jurgen Klopp's 'cursed' seventh season as a sort of a sign it's time to say goodbye to the charismatic German gaffer...

Anfield is hell for the Red Devils! Liverpool score SEVEN with Salah, Nunez and Gakpo netting a brace each

And amid all that - boom! Not one, not two, not three... but seven in the back of Manchester United net for one of the most glorious victories in the history of such a decorated club like the Merseyside giant.

With his back to the wall, Klopp not only bounced back but led his gang to a much more than a statement win - on the wings of such a remarkable achievement, they could shift the entire season, or at least what's left of it.

It's surreal to believe they could pull off another out-of-this-world performance in the return leg at the Santiago Bernabeu. Still, even with the UCL exit, a lot is going on, and Liverpool could finish this season in a good mood.

At the moment, they're sitting in fifth place in the Premier League table with a game in hand, three points adrift of Tottenham, who are occupying that last UCL spot. If the Reds manage to leapfrog the North Londoners, this EPL campaign will end in a satisfying way for them. Moreover, these next few months could serve Klopp as a perfect chance to set up the foundation for the next season, which could see the Reds fighting for all four crowns.

One of the crucial elements of this rebuilding is the attacking axis, especially after the announcement of Bobby Firmino's exit at the end of this campaign. That will leave Mo Salah as the last member of that previous trio Salah - Firmino - Mane still in the club. But with Darwin Nunez and Cody Gakpo, after Klopp's fine-tuning, we could see a completely new brutal force. The one that slotted six past De Gea on Sunday, with each player scoring a brace.

"It was one of the best performances for a long, long time," Klopp told reporters after the match.

"Freak result, top performance. Really top performance and from the start. I think the way we started the game was really special. The best for a long, long, long, long, long, long time.

"We were there, we were aggressive but we played football and were calm in the right moments. Super lively, super active. Other moments, for 25 minutes, it opened up a bit. United were a bit better and found a way into the game.

"It was really difficult to play against us. Performance is super, three points are even more important and the result is just the result. We all know our goal difference doesn't look like we won one game 9-0, we won one game 7-0 to be honest.

"I love the performance, I love the three points. I love the result as well but I don't carry that around.

"We didn't see any reason why we should stop at 4-0. I didn't tell them to go and score another three, not at all. I was absolutely fine with the result.

"I wanted us to understand even more that the things we had to do tonight were the right thing and we had to keep doing it.