It was almost four minutes into added when a ball bobbled along the touchline nearest to the technical areas, some 75 yards from Liverpool's goal.
For all the world, it seemed that Petar Sucic, Inter Milan's Bosnia midfielder, would advance forward, as his side frantically tried to fashion an equaliser. It wasn't to be. From the shadows, out pounced Alexis Mac Allister. He slid in, made the tackle, flattened his man and snuffed out the threat in a blur of Red.