The first weekend in October 2015 and a lot of conversations around Liverpool centred on the performance of a fledgling midfielder in an Academy game.
Liverpool’s Under-18s had made the short trip to face Manchester United and there was a lot of focus on the teams; the hosts, for instance, had a striker called Marcus Rashford for whom hopes were high that he could flourish at a higher level.
But the visitors had promise in their ranks, too, particularly from a 16-year-old who was on an upward curve. How Trent Alexander-Arnold showed it that Saturday morning at Carrington, scoring twice and stamping his presence all over the contest as Liverpool won 4-0.