Three graduates from Kirkby were handed their senior debuts during the FA Cup tie with Wolverhampton Wanderers.
They were moments that Rafael Camacho, Ki-Jana Hoever and Curtis Jones will always remember and came as culmination of years of hard work – by the players themselves and the system around them.
As Liverpool’s Academy director, Alex Inglethorpe would have been entitled to a sense of personal pride when the teamsheets were submitted at Molineux.
His satisfaction, however, comes from seeing the club’s youth policies pay dividends and the affirmation that the approach can continue to successfully bring talents through the age groups, with Camacho, Hoever and Jones representing three different pathways to senior level.