If Virgil van Dijk's latest post-match reaction wasn't the first time he had fronted up in the 2022/23 campaign, it was at least the Liverpool defender's last.
The Netherlands captain put on a brave face for the media for one final time after captaining his national side to a 3-2 defeat to Italy in the UEFA Nations League on Sunday.
As ever, it was a searing and unflinching appraisal from a player who sees it as his responsibility to give his verdicts in the immediate aftermath of unfavourable results.
