To long-time observers, it felt as though the stunning effort that broke the deadlock for Liverpool from Andy Robertson here at Molineux had been in the pipeline for the best part of nine years.

The Scotland captain, as he joked with typically self-deprecating humour after the game, had rarely struck one as sweetly as he did for the opening goal and as a result, it had a claim for being the finest effort of his career, certainly as a Reds player.

But it was his assist to Mohamed Salah, just 95 seconds later, that really spoke to his enduring talent as the road-running, legendary left-back. Assists were once Robertson's bread and butter at Anfield, so much so in fact, that he used to have bets with close friend Trent Alexander-Arnold as to who could create the most for their team-mates across a full season.

So the expert delivery for Salah to make it 2-0 shortly after the first goal was...