Cesar Azpilicueta raised his eyes and moved his feet to escape as quickly as the man about whom he was taking questions.
Mykhailo Mudryk and his twinkle toes had, thankfully, provided a talking point from a clash between Liverpool and Chelsea that bore little resemblance to any of the past titanic battles these sides have contested — a day where confidence was notably absent.
Belief, however, is not something that Mudryk lacks. As soon as he was introduced at Anfield, the new £88million signing was feinting and shimmying in an attempt to wreak havoc, twisting and dancing to evade tackles.