After the highs against Manchester United last weekend, Liverpool came crashing back down to earth at Bournemouth.
Philip Billing's goal was enough to win it as the Cherries condemned the Reds to their eighth defeat of the Premier League campaign and gave Jurgen Klopp a major setback in his aims of finishing in the top four.
But you knew all of that, of course. What you might have missed were a series of subplots at the Vitality Stadium on Saturday lunchtime.