Just six weeks ago, you could hear quiet murmurs from some corners that Liverpool might just be able to win an unprecedented quadruple this season.
Since then, though, they have been dumped out of the FA Cup by Championship strugglers Plymouth and suffered defeats to Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League and Newcastle in the Carabao Cup final within the space of five sobering days.
Twelve points clear at the top of the Premier League, Liverpool are romping to the title. But those PSG and Newcastle losses have prompted new questions about whether they need to strengthen in the summer transfer window.
Here, Standard Sport takes a look at three areas they could do with improving ahead of next season.
Full-back
Both flanks could do with some new blood.
At right-back, it seems increasingly likely that Trent Alexander-Arnold will join Real Madrid. To lose his unique passing range would be a major blow.
Conor Bradley, 21, is the other right-back at Anfield and is a good player, but he would need competition if Alexander-Arnold left.
On the left, Andy Robertson has been a great servant to Liverpool but, aged 31, his legs do not carry him up and down the line as fast as they used to, even if he was one of their better players in the Carabao Cup final.
Kostas Tsimikas is a decent crosser but cannot compete with Robertson’s energy levels when the Scot was in his peak.
Fulham’s Antonee Robinson has been tracked by Liverpool for a long time and appears the obvious successor.
Pace in attack
Mohamed Salah has enjoyed an outstanding season but went missing against PSG and Newcastle.
So, too, did Luis Diaz, in a Liverpool attack that felt surprisingly one-paced in both games. When Federico Chiesa and Cody Gakpo came on, very little changed.
Working as a pundit for Sky Sports, ex-Liverpool centre-back Jamie Carragher felt the final had “shined a light on where Liverpool need to improve”, admitting: “The lack of pace in attack is glaring.
“I feel sorry for Mohamed Salah. He was kept quiet by PSG and he wasn’t great today but he doesn’t get help from the other attackers.”
Diaz is a match-winner on his day and Gakpo has had a very good goalscoring season himself, but it has looked concerning how laboured Liverpool’s build-up play is.
An injection of youthful energy out wide, perhaps on the left, would doubtless make Arne Slot’s attack harder to keep at bay.
A proper No9
It is easy to forget that Liverpool didn’t sign anyone last summer - until you take a look at the goalscoring exploits of the man leading the line.
Darwin Nunez has scored just seven goals and registered the same number of assists in 40 games for Liverpool in all competitions this season.
There is undoubtedly a player in there somewhere, but the Uruguayan does not show it enough.
It is too common for Nunez to go missing in big games, and he is not a clinical finisher, which explains why Slot selected Diogo Jota ahead of him on Sunday.
Jota is not a guarantee of goals either, and Liverpool must look to sign a natural goalscorer if they are not stay ahead of the pack for next season.
Alexander Isak was a reminder of what a world-class striker looks like and how significant having one can be.
