After a ruthless battering of Arsenal at Anfield, exactly one month ago, Jurgen Klopp spoke in the aftermath of a 'perfect' Liverpool performance.
Liverpool not only dazzled between both penalty boxes but they backed it up where it mattered, inside their own 18-yard box and the opposition's.
But as September draws to a close, Klopp has seen his side win just once in six, scoring only seven times and conceding 13.
The bare numbers make grim reading for a Liverpool side who remain easy on the eye but have become criminally wasteful in the early throes of the season.