Goalkeeping for Liverpool, or indeed any top club, is the art of doing very little exceptionally well.

It’s a concept with which numerous Anfield No 1s have struggled over the last three decades, but in their pursuit of Champions League football a seasonal problem has gradually eroded.

That’s why we need to talk about Simon Mignolet.

The Belgian has been very, very good this year and for the last four weeks he has elevated his game. Should Jurgen Klopp’s side collect the points they need to secure a top-four spot, a campaign which started with the forward line swatting aside opponents will have ended with The Kop applauding Mignolet’s calm assurance.

Mignolet did not take the man-of-the-match award against Watford on Monday night, but the sight of him routinely catching crosses and resisting the physical advances of strikers who would have bullied him a few years ago was as eye-catching as Emre Can’s scissor-kick.