Liverpool have had to face a lot of adversity this season.
After winning the league at such a canter that they were holidaying during the season, they had their parade celebrations overshadowed and had to deal with the loss of their beloved teammate Diogo Jota.
Those incidents put anything they've suffered on the pitch this campaign into stark perspective, and gave their start to these proceedings a sombre soundtrack. It's a miracle that they started with seven wins in all competitions.
Since then, they have had so much go against them on the pitch.
Some of it has been self-inflicted, switching off for late goals after inviting on pressure, refusing to deal with the set-piece revolution sweeping the Premier League, or putting themselves in positions that leave them at the mercy of poor refereeing or more VAR madness.
However, it's fair for any fan to look at the latest injury to Wataru Endo and say, what on earth is next?
The Reds are now in the thick of a single-position injury crisis only matched by what happened to their centre-backs in 2020-2021.
Less mentally resilient teams would curse their luck and give up, and I'm sure I'm not alone in having questioned this side's mental resilience this season, no less on these pages.
However, the fact that they haven't completely given up shows their strength. The churlish may read this and argue that they are duty-bound to fulfil fixtures, which is obviously true. But it would still be easy to give up on the project, their manager, their own teammates, and even us as fans.
Yet, every time they've been asked difficult questions in public, they've been stoic - besides the one obvious example from Elland Road. The vast majority have backed the project, their manager, their teammates, and us as fans to help them turn things around.
While that turnaround may not be quite as glorious or imminent as we may hope, it says a lot that Arne Slot's side can travel to a Sunderland team that were unbeaten at home and always up for a physical battle, and not be bullied.
They fought like they still had pride in their project, fought for their manager, fought for their teammates, and fought for us.
For that reason, this writer will stop questioning their mental fortitude and accept that their belief may waver in the face of adversity, but that, at the end of a storm, there will always be a golden sky.
Liverpool keep getting back up off the mat; now they need to stop getting knocked down. While my belief has wavered in the face of all this adversity, I still believe they'll get where they need to be.
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