After the sweetest long-range assists, Curtis Jones couldn't wait to catch up with Mohamed Salah.
He joined Salah on the billboards during a sit-down celebration before pulling his teammate to his feet and theatrically pointing to Liverpool's jewel.
As if there was a soul in Anfield that didn't know, Jones reminded them of the identity of this team's most important man.
He may also have told Salah that he likes him as much as, if not more than, Eden Hazard.
(Jones had suggested to Rio Ferdinand that Hazard was apparently his favorite.)
Regardless, the smile on Salah's face made it clear that he appreciated the gesture. If this is indeed Salah's last season at Anfield, he will get a lot of love when he leaves.
Coincidentally, Salah's final goal was not the decisive goal (which was canceled out by a Jonathan David equalizer in the second half), but it did set the tone for another Champions League victory for Arne Slot's side.
Slot has made a number of changes that could be seen as resting key figures, but Liverpool's relatively clean patch of health and strength in depth means that the odd change will never impact their efficiency. And that is the trademark of this Liverpool team. Efficiency.
Slot has an excellent group of players, but it is also a group of players that tends to get the job done even if there is difficulty in speaking the language fluently. There was certainly a battle for fluidity in the opening half-hour of this match, with Salah's consistently errant passing typical of proceedings.
But Mo is a man for moments and another magical one came after Kostas Tsimikas ambushed David and delivered a wonderfully simple but cutting pass to Jones.
Lucas Chevalier cleverly stepped off his line to try to make life difficult for Salah, but the Egyptian nonchalantly scored his 50th European goal for Liverpool.
Jones emphasized that the praise should go to Salah, but Slot would have been just as happy with the midfielder's pass and Tsimikas' initial intervention. They are all cogs in a well-oiled machine. Efficiency.
Yes, that word again. Do you want more proof? Well, this Champions League qualifying stage was a defensive tour de force from Liverpool.
They conceded a goal in the third minute of their opening match against Milan… and didn't concede another until the hour mark of match number seven.
For once, their defensive efficiency let them down: Conor Bradley allowed Gabriel Gudmonsson to reach the touchline and after Hakon Haraldsson's effort was blocked by Tsimikas, David fired home the equalizer.
The equalizer was even more surprising as Lille were reduced to ten men after Aissa Mendi was shown a second yellow card for a cynical foul on Luis Diaz.
And in the aftermath of the David goal, Slot's team made their numerical superiority count, even though Harvey Elliott's strike needed a hugely fortuitous deflection to maintain Liverpool's unblemished Champions League record.
Luckily or not, it was a great moment for Elliott and means Slot can now rest as many frontline players as he wants for the final game.
But you can bet there will be one major player who won't ask for a night off. Mohamed Salah is not one to rest, that's for sure.
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