In many ways, Tom Werner's Liverpool dream had already come true whatever happened at Anfield on Sunday afternoon.
Back in June 2020, fresh from seeing the team crowned as Premier League champions, the Reds chairman was not looking too far ahead. Instead, as the coronavirus crisis continued to grip the planet, it was merely Werner's hope to one day be back at Anfield alongside 54,000 others.
"My dream at the moment is to see Anfield filled with so many supporters and that sort is what I am thinking about today," he said to the ECHO barely 12 hours after being officially declared as a Premier League winner.