Arne Slot walked slowly towards the Liverpool supporters, acknowledged them with a wave and a thumbs up and then folded his blue mac over his left arm and strode down the tunnel.
We have seen the ritual many times before. Slot is an understated man, when things are good and also – we are learning – when things are not so good.
That has been the Liverpool manager’s way as the pressure has grown over the last two or three weeks and that was his way once a big victory had been assured here in east London.