Thomas Frank chomped through his gum and ran his hands through his hair. He paced back and forth, bellowed and gestured repeatedly, like his life depended on it.
To look at this, anyone would have thought he was under pressure.
The idea Frank had questions to answer already, this early into his reign as Tottenham manager, seemed preposterous but, this being modern-football, one win in five matches ensured the spotlight followed him to Merseyside.
It can shine somewhere else now and, you suspect, Frank knows that, too.
Tottenham are up to third thanks to a display of aerial power at Hill Dickinson Stadium to rival the RAF jets that often whizz down the adjacent River Mersey.