Based on last night's brace and performance, you would be forgiven for thinking Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain had never been away from the Liverpool first team. But for the Liverpool midfielder, it has been an incredible journey marred by injury and woe, making his return to football even more beautiful.
It has undoubtedly been a tough time for Oxlade-Chamberlain. A strange thing to say given he is a Liverpool player, a team for which life couldn't get much better. But whilst his teammates went on to achieve greatness last year, Ox was forced to watch on from the sidelines.
Let's rewind to the Champions League semi-final - not last year, but the year before.