The reverberations - and sniggering - from across the Premier League when Aleksander Mitrovic headed home could be felt all the way back to Craven Cottage.
But for those paying attention, there was little surprise at the Serbian international nodding Fulham in front on Saturday. And not just because the striker netted a record 43 goals in the Championship last season to help earn his side promotion back to the Premier League.
Jurgen Klopp will certainly have been aware that, for the seventh time in the last nine competitive games, his Liverpool team had conceded the first goal.