Liverpool suffered their heaviest league defeat since 1963 after a dreadful evening at Aston Villa.
Mohamed Salah scored twice but the Reds shipped seven goals as they tumbled to an astonishing 7-2 loss on Sunday.
The result means Jurgen Klopp’s side now trail neighbours Everton, who are the early Premier League leaders, by three points.
But there was plenty that went unnoticed or under the radar during the 90 minutes at Villa Park.
Klopp to the point
There were a lot of things that could have been said when the full-time whistle blew on a pathetic day for Liverpool.
But, according to Dean Smith, there was one word straight out of the mouth of his Reds counterpart.
“When Jurgen Klopp says ‘wow’ to you at full time, you know it’s a good game," said the Villa boss.
Back home, Liverpool were conjuring colourfully flamboyant phrases of their own.
Adrian goes walkabout
Not so much a moment missed as one worth recalling again. Just so we can be completely sure it actually happened.
With Liverpool essentially having given up defending towards the end, Villa had around six billion chances to score a few more times.
One came from a cross from the right where Ollie Watkins hit the crossbar with the goal gaping.
And where was Adrian? Well, the goalkeeper had sauntered off to the far post anticipating a ball that was never, ever going to reach him.
Villa fans get the horn
There were, of course, no supporters inside Villa Park, which in some ways was a blessing for Liverpool.
But that didn't stop some of locals making clear their delight at the ridiculous events inside the stadium.
During the second half, a number of car horns could be heard on the roads around the ground, joyously sounding as Villa continued to rack up the goals.
Well, either that or they were vainly attempting to bleep out the profanities from the Reds bench.
Pardon?
One of the strange things about attending behind-closed-doors matches is that it's usually business as usual for whoever operates the stadium's PA system.
And at Villa, they cranked it up to the max. Despite there being around 40,000 fewer people attending than normal, the volume remained at an almost ear-shattering level.
Hang on, maybe that's why Liverpool lost so heavily. They were all temporarily deafened during the warm-up and couldn't communicate properly on the pitch.
Yeah, that's it. Phew. Knew there had to be a simple reason.
