One fan, Mathew, told me about the challenge of explaining Jota's death to his young children.

"It has been really difficult," he said. "I told my seven-year-old on the morning it happened and he just burst into tears. It's very hard for him to understand."

Mathew's 15-year-old son Rafael – named after Champions League-winning Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez - added: "I feel gutted. But Liverpool is a family and we've all come together to pay our respects in the right way."