No sooner had Jurgen Klopp issued some very early team news, Caoimhin Kelleher found his phone buzzing like never before.
It was the morning of January 21 and Liverpool had just secured their first trip to Wembley in six years.
Klopp had made it clear that Kelleher, his back-up goalkeeper, would be given the gloves for the big day against Chelsea, not Alisson Becker.
‘I don’t see any reason why we should not do this,’ said Klopp. ‘He deserves it. He brought the team here.