The half-time whistle had just blown at Old Trafford. Seconds earlier, Philippe Coutinho had slalomed his way past Manchester United’s Guillermo Varela before scooping the ball over David de Gea and into the Stretford End net.
A piece of breathtaking Brazilian brilliance had all but sealed Liverpool’s place in the quarter-finals of the Europa League at the expense of their great rivals.
Chances are, wherever you were in the world, you were feeling pretty good. The section of visiting supporters at the opposite end of the ground to the scene of Coutinho’s latest magic trick certainly were.