Jurgen Klopp called for Liverpool to be brave, to write their own history, and they did just that with a famous European night at Anfield as Manchester City were over-run, overpowered and overwhelmed.

No one predicted this. We knew there would be some goals in this Champions League quarter-final but we expected them to be shared. City did not even have a shot on target. Not one.

Whether even a three-goal lead is enough against this usually free-scoring City remains to be seen in next week’s return in Manchester, but what an occasion this was for Liverpool, for Klopp, and for this evocative stadium and passionate supporters it holds.

For Pep Guardiola it was a nightmare. He got it all wrong tactically and while the City team bus was damaged by some mindless home fans beforehand, prompting an apology from Liverpool and Uefa investigation, it was on the pitch that the wheels came off.

Liverpool played with their hearts but also their heads. There was a wall of noise from the stands and a defensive wall in the game superbly marshalled by Virgil van Dijk with Trent Alexander-Arnold outstanding at right-back as he dealt with Leroy Sane, the only City player who came close to playing well. Alexander-Arnold is still just 19, while fellow full-back Andrew Robertson also impressed. The pair cost just £8 million. In front of that defence was an all-English midfield three who redefined the cliché of running their socks off.