Was this the night in which Liverpool got back on track or, like the 9-0 thrashing of Bournemouth, a false dawn?
The sense is the former, even if Rangers’ meek collapse was significant help.
For more than an hour the Glasgow team had put it up to last season’s Champions League finalists but then Liverpool ’s class told as a triple substitution displayed the gulf between the teams. Having fallen a goal behind, the Reds soon made their strength count with a landslide of goals.