It may have only been a brief airing. That, though, was enough.
The unmistakeable chant of “Now you’re gonna believe us, we’re gonna win the league” could be heard from the delighted away end as Liverpool issued their biggest statement yet they are prepared to wrench back the Premier League crown they surrendered last season.
Small wonder. Barely two months ago, the Reds, albeit it with two games in hand, stood a mammoth 14 points adrift of Manchester City, prompting talk of the title race being done and dusted in mid-January.
