The sun shone, Alexander Isak and Florian Wirtz made an impression on a Liverpool victory, Freddie Woodman seized his moment as third-choice goalkeeper and Arne Slot’s team went fourth by lifting the curse of Crystal Palace. This season being what it is for the champions, though, a dark cloud had to appear.

Mohamed Salah limped out of Liverpool’s third consecutive Premier League win and potentially out of his final season at Anfield with a hamstring injury. That was the impression given as the Liverpool great applauded all four sides of the ground before heading straight down the tunnel.