We need only think back a few weeks for the ultimate confirmation of that reality: Toone's miraculous opening goal in the 2024 Women's FA Cup final.
Marc Skinner's Reds needed inspiration. Our women's team were searching for a route to a first major piece of silverware and, inevitably, just before half-time, it was Toone that produced the goods.
This diminutive player is a headstrong giant, whose embrace of expectation and poise under pressure are already legendary at just 24 years of age. Here are five times Tooney wowed the football world with her excellence...
ONE: ENGLAND 2 GERMANY 1
(Women's European Championship final, 31 July 2022)
As a militant club-over-country Red, I'm loath to kick this off with something from the international scene, but Ella's opening goal in the Euro 2022 final was one of those moments that simply could not be ignored, whatever your allegiances.