The eyes were drawn, the keyboards were readied and the knives were out, but at 7.59pm on Tuesday evening, those who take so much pleasure in finding reason to bash Liverpool FC and its supporters were rendered toothless.
The moment of silence to mark the passing of Queen Elizabeth II - one that was requested by the club itself to UEFA following the passing of Her Majesty last Thursday - was observed respectfully.
The handful of naysayers attempting to disrupt the period were told, in no uncertain terms, that they did not speak for the rest of the 54,000 in attendance.
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That the period passed with quiet, solemn reflection at Anfield will have cut deep for those who had fired up their faceless Twitter accounts to howl into the abyss at the sheer indignity of it all. This was not what they had hoped for.
Instead, the messages from the likes of Jurgen Klopp and Jordan Henderson had been listened to intently.
"On an occasion like this one, how we conduct ourselves matters and so do the words that we say," Klopp wrote in his pre-match programme notes, using his gift to strike the right kind of tone when it is most needed.
"So I would like to take this opportunity to pass on our condolences to everyone who has been affected by the death of the Queen, particularly her own family who clearly had an incredible amount of love for her as a mother, a grandmother and a great-grandmother.
"Like any family, they are suffering right now but I hope they have been able to take some comfort from the affection and support that has come their way."
On his own pages, captain Henderson, whose leadership qualities often shine through when a key message needs to be relayed, wrote: "Although we have felt this loss as a country, it is important that we also remember that amid the national outpouring there is a family who are grieving and to keep them in our thoughts as much as we possibly can."
Liverpool supporters, of course, came under fire from sections of the wider country with their repeated booing of the national anthem during their regular jaunts to Wembley at the back end of last season. On three occasions Reds fans wasted little time airing their disgruntlement at the establishment.
And while the actions of those in London were greeted with faux shock and manufactured outrage by the pearl-clutchers in their simple desperation to be aghast, there was also a point-blank refusal to even attempt to decipher just why the boos ring out for the nation's anthem from those with connections to Merseyside.
The myriad of reasons for why that is go back decades and are better articulated in the literature devoted to it. It is far from being a case of football supporters trying to be rebellious or outspoken purely for attention.
But, for the Queen herself, and the death of a Monarch who reigned for 70 years, there is more respect. Liverpool fans know what it is like to suffer loss and at its core, there is a family currently in mourning for its matriarch.
The People's Republic of Merseyside are unlikely to become flag-waving royalist devotees but as the club's own King, the great Sir Kenny Dalglish himself, said: "Respect costs nothing and goes both ways."
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