Jürgen Klopp made a beeline for Ragnar Klavan at the final whistle, wrapping the defender in a bear hug in the centre circle, before seeking out the rest of his Liverpool players and meting out more warm embraces.

If that outpouring of emotion illustrated anything, then it was how quickly football can change. A few minutes earlier and the Liverpool manager would have been more inclined to strangle certain members of his squad.

His side held the ascendancy through Sadio Mané’s stunning thunderbolt when Burnley earned a throw-in deep in enemy territory and with it came the chance to set the visitors a familiar test. Charlie Taylor was offered room to whip over a cross by Alex Oxlade- Chamberlain, the substitute Sam Vokes found space