One of Erik ten Hag's assessments of the defeat at Brighton & Hove Albion seemed particularly pertinent.
"Fine details decide big football matches," rued the Reds manager after a game we could so easily have won, instead ended in agonising defeat due to a Joao Pedro goal deep into stoppage time.
Last week, in our opening game of 2024/25, new boy Joshua Zirkzee was the hero, coming off the bench to sink Fulham with a clever, instinctive finish.
Fast forward eight days and the big Dutchman's slide, in vain, to try to reach Bruno Fernandes's square pass left him unable to avoid helping Alejandro Garnacho's goalbound finish over the line.