Robertson, who has played an underlapping role for Slot, overlapped Cody Gakpo (and sometimes stayed deeper when Gakpo played wide), while Alexander-Arnold put up 10 crosses — his most for almost a year, since 13 against Newcastle United on New Year’s Day.

Diaz’s burgeoning reinvention as a false nine might be Arne Slot’s greatest masterstroke yet, as among his first clear stamps of ownership and originality on a Liverpool side it often appears he is simply maintaining and preening, re-wallpapering the House of Klopp.