After the handshakes and the pats on the back, Virgil van Dijk and the rest of the Liverpool players filed into the dressing room in the London Stadium to congratulate themselves on a job well done.
A few in the press box unpropped their phones and iPads on which they had kept at least half an eye on the match still going on 200 miles north-west of West Ham. The big game of the night, where Man City led Arsenal by three goals.
Erling Haaland and Kevin De Bruyne adorned the back pages and the rolling news channels.