Well they certainly started as they meant to go on.
It is August 12, 2017, and Jurgen Klopp picks Sadio Mane, Roberto Firmino and Mohamed Salah together in his Liverpool front three for the first time in a competitive match, an opening day trip to Watford which arrived to a backdrop of Philippe Coutinho complaining of a 'back injury' as he sought to force his way out of Merseyside and into the arms of Barcelona.
A day earlier, Coutinho had emailed the club a transfer request.
