When Manchester United went to Anfield in October and stifled Liverpool in a goalless draw, Jose Mourinho was mired in the club's worst start to a season in the Premier League era.
The two bitter enemies meet again at Old Trafford on Sunday with a resurgent United on their longest winning run since 2009 and slight favourites to beat Liverpool.
No wonder Mourinho is smiling again. Sportsmail looks at how he has turned things around at Old Trafford.
Jose the Joker
Hanging off a flat-screen television in the Coaches' Room at Carrington, next door to the manager's office, several miniature Mourinho toys are suspended comically by the neck on red string.