Leeds United boss Marcelo Bielsa watched helplessly from the sidelines as his team conceded six times on Wednesday evening.
Liverpool ran riot in the end, scoring three late goals to turn a convincing victory into a heavy and damaging loss for the visitors.
Leeds left Anfield with their tails planted firmly between their legs, on the end of another unforgiving scoreline at the home of one of the Premier League's elite sides.
Marcelo Bielsa fronted up to the media following the game, answering precisely on various matters; the possibility of changing his style and individual performances, as well as the threat of new injuries.
Here is every word the Argentine had to say on Wednesday night.
Bright start but the game got away from you - where do you think it went wrong?
It's not just this case, it's in general we've been struggling what we want to do for the duration of a game.
How big a test is this in your faith of how you want the game to be played?
I don't know if the question you're trying to suggest is if I should continue with the style of play I've used up until now
You must've questioned yourself based on the size of the defeats and in this manner?
Of course how am I not going to question what I'm doing. Of course I question myself. When you ask yourself why the things that are happening to us, are happening, the question is I don't think a change of style is going to change what's happening to us.
Have the owners expressed any concerns about what is happening at the moment?
Not specifically but when a team is going through what we're going through, it's only going to awaken doubts. I don't need them to give me conclusions on the result of the team I manage.
Why is it so much harder this season to defend against teams of Liverpool's calibre?
Evidently, the two seasons are not the same. The differences there are between the two seasons allow you to see how different they are. And the security we were able to play with last season, this season we haven't been able to conserve it. Certain games where it's been very evident our weakness, against City, today's game. The two games we've shown ourselves very weak, to come up against the superiority of these two teams. Apart from that we come from a defeat against Man United where from my point of view it allowed us to come into this game and trust in our strengths. But evidently the conclusions from the game today are totally negative.
When the spare centre back steps forward with the ball like Matip did tonight, what can your team do better to prevent that?
It's a problem with centre backs driving with the ball has become very evident. The solutions are very clear. When the centre-back drives with the ball he drives past the height of the wingers on the side he pushes up [past] the central attackers and the central midfielders and eventually they come up against our free man, the centre-back that's not marking. They are four scales where we can recover the ball but it's clear that problem I haven't been able to resolve it.
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Marcelo you said your team hasn't been able to sustain the way it wants to play - why is it that you're struggling to sustain that now?
The only response I can give is the players give their maximum. You can see it in the intensity and all the data that comes up in the games. So if a coach has this at his disposal the effort that [this] team gives it's very clear that my responsibility increases and I can't redirect it towards any side that's not myself. And I'm giving you an argument that has weight. The players the dedication to what they do, the players are in agreement at what they do, they express it through their effort and their intensity. And that's a value that up until now the team conserves. What I achieve through a long time through the effort and the willingness and win games on an even keel I haven't been able to achieve it.
What did you make of Raphinha's performance tonight - were you satisfied with how he played without the ball?
When he had to defend he defended always, better in the second half than the first. In regards to his unbalancing offensively, he had occasions where he could impose his ability. We were very isolated without the capacity to combine in attack with the only option being an individual resolution. It's very difficult for us to combine and to offer company to our attackers, they played very isolated.
Jack Harrison looked like he had a physical problem - is that the case? Any early indication as to how he is?
What did you observe?
He looked as though he might've tweaked a muscle after 75 minutes and to be struggling to track Jordan Henderson for the fourth goal?
I didn't get that impression, I think he's one of the players who made one of the most efforts in the game. I saw him keep up with Alexander-Arnold with a lot of effort, with a lot of generosity, but perhaps you observed something I didn't manage to see. I was next to him and I did not notice him having any limitations.
