How did Scotland defeat look from Clarke's vantage point?
The Scotland head coach spent a lot of Tuesday's friendly against Ivory Coast looking around this place searching for answers. Instead, every time he turned his back on the action, Scottish managerial greats, David Moyes, Sir Kenny Dalglish and Sir Alex Ferguson were watching down from a lofty position in this amphitheatre. It's just a shame Scotland couldn't put on a show worthy of the splendid setting.
Though officially the away team, Scotland were always going to feel like home in Liverpool. And, in an odd quirk, they set up in the home dressing room. No one is quite sure why.
Maybe Clarke’s lot just claimed it first. Or maybe they got lost. After all, plenty of those who are preparing to see Scotland at a first men's World Cup in their lifetime will live in smaller flats, such is its size.
Vast corridors run here, there and everywhere in this stadium, although none led to a Scotland victory. Are Scotland really going to name 55 players in World Cup squad? How Scotland found their base camp for 'travelling' World Cup The shooting practice at the end of the warm-up - as the 30,000-odd Scotland supporters filed in - acted as an early indication of what was to come.
Rather impressively, both Che Adams and George Hirst skelped the part of the stand which separates the two tiers. Thankfully, it wasn't clad in saltires so none went home with a dirty mark. The first blotch on Scotland's report card came in the 12th minute, Nicolas Pepe trundling a slow-motion shot into the far corner.