Ibrahima Konate and Virgil van Dijk are very much at different stages in their Liverpool careers.
For many, though, they represent the best combination at centre-back for the immediate future as the Reds look to navigate their way back towards some kind of defensive consistency.
They were back together here at Anfield for the Champions League group finale against Napoli with the Reds still hurting from the defensive malaise that gifted victory to Leeds on Saturday evening to end their long unbeaten home Premier League run.