Somewhere, some time, Liverpool need Manchester City to drop points.
But there's a heartening historical precedent.
History suggests Pep Guardiola's team could be at their most vulnerable on Saturday lunchtime.
City won a football match on Wednesday night, but lost a tie to Tottenham Hotspur in heartbreaking fashion.
And history has shown that City don't react well to Champions League exits .
Four days after Liverpool vaporised City's Champions League hopes last season, Guardiola's side went to White Hart Lane and won. But that was out of character.
In 2017, when Monaco earned a shock away goals win with a 77th minute goal in France, it took City three games to recover.
They were held 1-1 by the Reds at the Etihad, drew 2-2 at Arsenal and then lost 2-1 at Chelsea.
Even then it wasn't a full recovery.
Victories over Hull and Southampton were followed by an FA Cup exit at Arsenal and then further draws with Manchester United and Middlesbrough.
City suffered the heartbreak of a Champions League semi-final exit in 2016, Fernando's own goal in the Bernabeu enough to send Real Madrid to a San Siro showdown with their city neighbours Atletico. City, meanwhile, didn't win again that season, limping to a home draw with Arsenal and a draw at Swansea.
The year before? Barcelona ended City's Champions League hopes in the round of 16 - City rebounded by beating West Brom, but then promptly lost at Crystal Palace and across the city at neighbours United.
Even this season City's response to defeat has not been bullish.
Following Crystal Palace's shock victory at the Etihad in December, City travelled to Leicester four days later and suffered a Boxing Day hangover by losing again.
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True, they technically didn't lose on Wednesday night.
But that excruciating exit will have felt far, far worse than a defeat.
And history shows that City historically don't react well to Champions League exits.
Over to you, Tottenham!
