Beneath the floodlights of Anfield, a club steeped in expectation is discovering that ambition and execution are separated by something as unglamorous as fatigue. New manager Andoni Iraola, whose methods produced a commanding European performance just days earlier, watched his side draw a second consecutive home league match — a failure not recorded at this ground in over six decades. The early weeks of his tenure are posing a question as old as sport itself: how does a team sustain its highest self when the calendar refuses to relent?