For seven minutes the grand heist was on and for another 10 this game was even. Let’s call that the age of innocence before Liverpool found sufficient holes in a yellow wall to kill an unlikely tale.
They weren’t especially brilliant in doing so, and nor were they poor. But it was a dominant performance wrapped in a feeling that it was occasionally too much of a slog for those given a game by Jurgen Klopp.
And that is predominantly down to Shrewsbury. They turned up for a fight and to the best of their capabilities they delivered, first in going 1-0 up through Daniel Udoh, and then in limiting the subsequent damage.