With each passing week and competition progression, the impossible seems that little bit more possible.
The suggestions that Liverpool could do the quadruple of Premier League, Champions League, FA Cup and Carabao Cup have been around ever since Chelsea's Kepa Arrizabalaga skied that penalty over the bar to confirm victory in the latter competition in late February, but they were usually given short shrift.
Manchester City had been on Merseyside a day before that Wembley final, when Phil Foden's late goal - and a late penalty reprieve - saw them beat Everton 1-0 to move six points clear of the Reds at the top of the table. Granted it wasn't quite the 14 point gap they enjoyed at the start of the year, but it looked to be enough.