There is immense pressure on Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer right now.
The 5-0 demolition job that Liverpool did on their old foes at Old Trafford on Sunday was seen by many as a knockout blow that the United boss wouldn't be able to get himself back up off the canvas from.
But despite the immense scrutiny the Norwegian faces he remains in the hot seat at United, although he may very well be on borrowed time, such was the manner of Sunday's loss to the Reds, a defeat that was the latest low point in a season that has failed to deliver.
For some, Solskjaer has never been the right fit, parachuted into a job through circumstance and sentiment rather than a CV that was right for one of the biggest clubs in European football, with only Molde FK and Cardiff City existing on it in senior football before United.
But he has been given time and money, and more than three years into the job there is no manager in the Premier League that has spent more in the transfer market in pursuit of glory than Solskjaer.
A net spend in the market of £312.1m since 2018 has seen United claim a second placed finish, achieved last season, but hasn't yielded any silverware. While the signing of Bruno Fernandes was a home run, for a number of Solskjaer's additions they have been more of a swing and a miss.
Donny van de Beek arrived at Old Trafford with a reputation as one of European football's brightest midfielder talents thanks to a marvellous spell with Ajax. But that £35m deal that seemed a snip at the time now looks to be poor business indeed, with van de Beek still pretty much unknown to United fans after failing to have any extended period in the side and being forced to watch on as a very expensive substitute.
Harry Maguire divides opinion, largely because of the £80m fee that was on his head, and there have also been major outlays on Jadon Sancho, an expensive substitute at £73m, and the likes of £50m Aaron Wan-Bissaka, whose form has been up and down but who, at least, has managed to nail down a spot in the side.
The £12m addition of Cristiano Ronaldo was seen as the addition that would change the game for United and help them bridge that gap. But at 36 and not fitting comfortably into United's style he now looks like a round peg in a square hole.
For the money spent, United chiefs would have been expecting more.
In contrast to the major net spend since Solskjaer took on the United job, Klopp has delivered a Champions League and Premier League title and has his side humming along beautifully at present. His net spend in the time that Solskjaer has been at the Manchester United helm? A positive net spend of £3.6m. While the rest have spent, Klopp has actually made his club money in the market and still delivered success. That's a £315.7 difference in net spend.
Of the big six clubs, Klopp's achievements stand out a mile when it comes to net spend and what has been achieved.
Arsenal's desire to not be forgotten about by English football's elite has seen them with a net spend of £279.7m, with Tottenham Hotspur having racked up £207m net spend since Solskjaer took over at United.
For the blue half of Manchester, Pep Guardiola has a £199.6m net spend at Manchester City over the same period, with Chelsea, who have had Maurizio Sarri, Frank Lampard and now Thomas Tuchel in the dugout while Solskjaer has been at United, having a net spend of £82.1m.
Only City and Chelsea have something to really show for their efforts during that time, with City winning two Premier League titles and Chelsea winning the Champions League last season, seeing off Guardiola's side in the final.
Liverpool owners Fenway Sports Group have long championed a more sustainable way of doing business, one where player trading has been key to it. In some quarters it has been lauded as being the way that football should be invested in as opposed to reckless spend, while others believe that it represents a lack of ambition and a refusal to invest properly in to first team success in comparison with their rivals.
But one thing that it does highlight is the job that Klopp has done at Liverpool, being able to build a team over time that needed little in the way of overhaul or knee-jerk reactions, one where he is happy to add the right players at the right time. It does, though, pose the question of just who would be able to achieve this kind of success based on these numbers after Klopp? That, however, is a question that doesn't need answering just yet.
