Perhaps the biggest change in Liverpool during the Jurgen Klopp era has been the ability to keep on looking forward, regardless of the pain felt in what has gone before.
That relentless belief is about to face its biggest challenge though.
Because while prior to last season the Reds under Klopp were a side that had experienced the pain of losing a Champions League final and being pipped to the Premier League title by a point, they are now a group who have done both of those things twice.