Memories were the theme of the day as Jurgen Klopp and Jordan Henderson faced the cameras ahead of another defining night.
With Unai Emery bringing Villarreal to town for the first leg of their Champions League semi-final, it was understandable that talk returned to Basle in 2016 when Emery was in charge of Sevilla and he masterminded a 3-1 defeat of Liverpool in the Europa League final.
Klopp was initially taken aback by the subject — ‘Not a game I have thought about for a very long time,’ he said — but Henderson, Liverpool’s captain, had no issue revisiting a night that ranks as one of the most disappointing and frustrating of his career.