11 minutes, 1-0…
17 minutes, red card…
Everything happened so fast, it felt like a dream to the Liverpool fans, or more like a nightmare. In 17 forgettable minutes to the fans in red, all the plans and hopes that they had for this game came crashing down in oblivion.
The context of this game changed completely.
Anfield became as quiet as a mouse.
The home fans already made all the noise that they could, protesting the referee's decision but the man refused to budge to the whims of the home fans, he stuck with his earlier decision.
And since VAR didn't stop him, his decision stood.
The Liverpool fans in Anfield watched in disbelief as a dejected Andrew Robertson trudged off the field with drooped shoulders.
In the build up to this game, Liverpool fans approached the game with the superior mentality, adamant in teaching the pretend table toppers a lesson in football but 17 minutes into this game and they were tongue-tied.