TO PARAPHRASE a well-known ad: a seven-hour drive to Liverpool 0-0 Arsenal after parts of the M6 were closed. A seven-hour drive back from Anfield after parts of the M1 were closed. The feeling you get from being there in person to witness Ben White’s Martin Keown-Ruud van Nistelrooy-esque reaction after Takumi Minamino blazed over the crossbar when faced with an open goal with Liverpool’s best chance of the match in the closing stages: Priceless.

I went to the first leg of the League Cup semi-final this week as a supporter. 

I love going to Anfield, always have done, always will. A proper football city and a proper football club with strong links to its community and a keen sense of social justice – not least when Liverpool fans sang: “F*** the Tories.”