Even for Jurgen Klopp, the manager of what must now be considered the best Liverpool side since at least the 1980s, this was the breaking of new ground at Wembley.
This competition started, unashamedly, as the lowest priority when the action got underway way back in September, and while this record-setting triumph now takes them one clear of Manchester City, the club's ninth League Cup may yet be remembered in the wider context of a far, far grander achievement.
Because while this is the first time that Klopp's Liverpool have been able to physically lift silverware in front of their own fans on domestic soil, this could simply be the one that gets the ball rolling on the most incredible period ever at Liverpool FC.
