Lijnders knows how badly his former club will want to set the record straight

One moment Sadio Mané was attempting to pilfer possession outside his penalty area, the next he was gleefully tapping the ball into an exposed Porto net.

Liverpool’s third strike in the Estadio do Dragao had taken only 12.28 seconds from conception to completion to make Europe sit up and take note even before goals four and five added a layer of gloss to a shimmering Champions League performance.

That gaping 5-0 scoreline from 14 months ago felt like the sort of harrowing result to scar the hosts, a night left seared on the Portuguese psyche that would prove difficult to forget.

The reality is Sérgio Conceição’s side have never even sought to banish it from their minds.

“There was only one club in the last