Sadio Mane could have become the fastest Premier League player to receive a red card if Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel had got his wish on Sunday evening.
The top of the table clash between Liverpool and Chelsea at Stamford Bridge finished 2-2, but Mane was in trouble after just six seconds into the match.
Referee Anthony Taylor brandished a yellow card, leaving the Chelsea bench furious as their captain was left with a bruised eye after the match.
Liverpool legend Steven Gerrard holds the record for the fastest Premier League dismissal as he saw red after just 38 seconds against Manchester United.
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The former Reds skipper came on as a half-time substitute at Anfield back in 2015 and he wanted to assert some urgency into his teammates by thundering into a couple of challenges in the opening stages of the half.
Gerrard slammed into Juan Mata, cleanly winning the ball and the Anfield crowd reacted with cheers, and then came Herrera.
The former Liverpool number eight 'couldn't stop himself' as he stamped on Herrera's outstretched leg on the pitch.
"I was involved again, immediately, as Ander Herrera came hurtling towards me to shut down space. I was too quick for him," said Gerrard in his autobiography.
"I completed a simple pass as Herrera came flying in with his sliding tackle. His right leg stretched out invitingly on the Anfield turf.
"I couldn't stop myself. Without even giving myself time to think I brought my left foot stamping down on Herrera. I felt my studs sink into his flesh just above the ankle. It had to have hurt him.
"Herrera clutched his ankle and writhed around on the ground. I raised my arm above my head and gestured angrily. I was trying to deflect attention away from me. I knew I was in trouble."
He added: "As I left the pitch I asked myself: 'What have you just done? Are you f****** stupid?'
"It had taken me just 38 seconds to get myself sent off against Manchester United. Thirty-eight seconds in which I had been at the heart of every small cameo of action and ferocious display of rage. It had been, in the end, 38 seconds defined by anger and a kind of madness."
