Trailing Aston Villa with 87 minutes of their 11th Premier League game of the season gone, Liverpool somehow conjured up a comeback and snatched a 2-1 victory.
Sadio Mane was front and centre as the No.10 first drifted in an inch-perfect cross for Andy Robertson to equalise with a thumping header, and then stooped bravely to glance home Trent Alexander-Arnold’s corner in the fourth minute of stoppage time.
A 10th top-flight win of the campaign preserved the Reds’ six-point lead at the top of the table ahead of a critical meeting with second-placed Manchester City eight days later.