Not for the first time, but deep into added minutes, a Manchester City player had broken clear and had options.
Go for goal or find an unmarked team-mate. On this occasion, it was substitute Riyad Mahrez bearing down on Alisson and, eventually, he tried to chip for glory. Instead, had it been rugby, he would have chipped for a conversion. Over the bar and game over.
And that summed up City’s afternoon; summed up this thoroughly entertaining match. Because while Pep Guardiola’s side still hold the upper hand in the title race, they blew it here, make no mistake. They blew the opportunity to inflict a hammer blow on rivals Liverpool, blew the opportunity to land a clean psychological punch ahead of Saturday’s FA Cup semi-final.
