The sound was unmistakable after the final whistle at Anfield on Tuesday night. Liverpool had seen off Rangers 2-0 thanks to goals from Trent Alexander-Arnold and Mohamed Salah, but supporters were left shocked by one final piece of action as they departed their seats.
Long-serving voice of Anfield, stadium announcer George Sephton, informed listening Kopites of the final score in the other Champions League Group A encounter - ‘Ajax 1-6 Napoli’.
Audible gasps were clear as supporters exclaimed, ‘What?!’ in disbelief, with the Serie A side leaving Reds shaken for the second time in four weeks. But it’s one thing defeating an out-of-form, low on confidence Liverpool 4-1 in Naples, a stadium where they had previously never even scored in previous visits, never mind won. It’s another entirely departing Amsterdam and the home of Johan Cruyff’s ‘Total Football’ with such an emphatic win.
