Liverpool supporters would normally have little desire to cheer on Harry Kane at Tottenham Hotspur.
Yet few Reds will grumble if the striker ends the season with a goal or two at Leicester City on Sunday.
Defeat for the Foxes would render meaningless - at least in terms of Champions League qualification - the outcome of Liverpool's final game at home to Crystal Palace.
The Reds, by virtue of their superior goal difference, would seal fourth place even in defeat - provided it wasn't by the kind of score that saw them romp home to a club-record top-flight away win at Selhurst Park back in December.
As it is, Liverpool know that, save an astonishingly one-sided win for Leicester at home to Tottenham, a win over Palace will ensure the salvation of Champions League football after a difficult season.
Kane, though, will surely have the bit between his teeth. For several reasons.
For a start, Tottenham are still not assured European qualification after home defeat to Aston Villa on Wednesday saw Everton move level on points, with neighbours Arsenal only a further point adrift.
Then there's the fact Kane could be enjoying his swansong with the London club, with reports suggesting he would welcome a move if a suitable offer emerges.
And on a personal level, Kane needs the goals to fend off the threat of Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah in the race for the Premier League's Golden Boot.
Both are locked on 22 goals going into the final weekend with each looking to secure a hat-trick of the honour.
Kane won the Golden Boot in 2016 and 2017 while Salah triumphed outright in 2018 and shared the award with Liverpool team-mate Sadio Mane and Arsenal forward Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang the following year.
Only Alan Shearer, with three, and Thierry Henry, with four, have won it more than twice. Michael Owen, Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, Didier Drogba and Robin van Persie are the other multiple winners.
Given how Salah has wildly celebrated anyone from Liverpool scoring in recent weeks, his focus is clearly primarily on securing Champions League football for next season.
And if Kane does ultimately edge ahead of him in the Golden Boot, the Egyptian will take solace that it could have helped secure the Reds' top-four berth in the process.
But ideally, Salah will do that himself by doing what he has done better than anyone in the Premier League since arriving at Anfield - scoring goals.
