The technical proficiency of the modern Premier League footballer is so high they no longer approach penalty shoot outs as something to be feared.
As such this was a sudden death affair that felt as though it may roll on and on in to the evening. Nobody looked remotely like missing.
Mo Salah smiled before and after taking his. Fabinho threw in in a Panenka with only Liverpool’s second while Trevoh Chalobah, a central defender, lifted Chelsea’s tenth in to the goal as though he was back with his mates on a Sunday morning in Lambeth.