Darwin Nunez grimaced and all around Anfield the reaction was as if a decisive penalty had been missed in a shootout.
On the touchline nearest to the tunnel, Curtis Jones — with whom Nunez has struck up a close bond — dropped to the floor and clamped his head in hands. Trent Alexander-Arnold, who had just provided this exquisite chance, looked at the floor in dismay.
A few yards away, Ibrahima Konate scrunched up his face in disbelieving agony, while Jurgen Klopp howled and reacted as if he had been told to assume the ‘brace, brace’ position on an aeroplane.