There was something wholly apt to see Darwin Nunez sat helpless with tears in his eyes on the bench as Uruguay slumped dramatically out of the World Cup on Friday.
After all, the national team seemed simply unable to extract the best out of the Liverpool striker.
How to capitalise on Nunez's undoubted qualities is a poser with which Liverpool and Jurgen Klopp have been grappling ever since the striker's move to Anfield in the summer.