He had only played a cameo off the bench but he was saluted like a king by the travelling Kop.
Darwin Nunez had scored a last-gasp goal to put Liverpool in front and in the driving seat to win a 20th English league title.
Except we are not talking of his magic-man antics at Brentford on Saturday but his 99th-minute winner at Nottingham Forest last March.
It propelled the Reds four points clear at the top of the Premier League table and it felt like a season-defining strike.