There was the moment in the first half when Kylian Mbappé tried to give Virgil van Dijk the slip and his progress was halted abruptly by the outstretched arm of the Liverpool centre back.

But, other than that, it was difficult to recall a foul — certainly of the cynical variety — that Jürgen Klopp’s side committed en route to trampling Paris Saint-Germain underfoot under the lights yesterday evening.

James Milner’s shuddering tackle on Neymar was hard and fair, the thud reverberating around Anfield in the eighth minute, as was the challenge from Jordan Henderson on the Brazilian which inadvertently flattened team-mate Joe Gomez in the captain’s follow-through.

Liverpool preferred not to rough up Neymar and his PSG team-mates as they trusted their gameplan ALEX LIVESEY - UEFA/UEFA VIA GETTY IMAGES

According to Uefa’s official statistics the PSG goalkeeper Alphonse Areola suffered as many fouls (two) as Neymar,