He had only played a short cameo off the substitutes’ bench but was soon being saluted like a king from the travelling Kop. Darwin Nunez had just scored a last-gasp winning goal to put Liverpool firmly into the driving seat for a 20th English league title.
The scene we are discussing is not his magic-man antics at Brentford on Saturday – but his 99th-minute winner at Nottingham Forest last March. It propelled the Reds to four points clear atop the Premier League and felt like a season-defining strike.