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For Liverpool, this is a bitter disappointment among all their imperious Premier League progress this season.

Or was this more like a pre-emptive gesture of good will towards the American president, a gift to lay at Donald Trump's imperious feet?

McKenna stood a regal 6 feet tall, and could be snippy and imperious when annoyed, friends said.

The 23-year-old has started the season in the same imperious form as he ended the last, extending his career-best winning streak to 21 matches.

Given opportunities, though, Daniel can be as imperious and underhanded as any less empathetically drawn showbiz stereotype.