Jamie Carragher could hardly contain himself after Harry Kane's winner against Manchester City, and didn't even try to remain biased when taunting Micah Richards in the post-match dissection of the game for Sky Sports.
Even neutrals Gary Lineker and Alan Shearer had smiles on their faces when declaring that the title race was back open on Match of the Day.
After Liverpool beat Norwich at 3pm on Saturday, City were poor and slipped up against Tottenham at teatime to reduce the gap to their closest rivals to six points. Liverpool now know that with a game in hand, plus a visit to the Etihad in April, the title is now back in their hands.
As City fans walked away from the Etihad Stadium struggling to take in a crazy end-to-end finish to the game, videos started emerging of Liverpool fans in pubs on Merseyside celebrating Kane's winner as if it was a title-winning goal from one of their own players.
Without context, the celebrations could have been mistaken for one of England's Euro 2020 winners in the summer, or, say, Liverpool's Champions League final win in 2019. But no, it was a Manchester City defeat in February that sparked such wild celebrations on Merseyside.
There's no taking away from the importance of City's defeat. Liverpool were ruled out of the title race by some last month, and now they are firmly back in contention.
If you can't celebrate a positive day for your football club, especially one that reignites a title challenge, then football is probably the wrong sport for you. Celebrations were firmly justified from the red half of Liverpool, although maybe not to the extent of beer showers and dancing on tables.
However, in order for Liverpool to properly get themselves back in contention, they must still take all three points from their trip to the Etihad and need to win their game in hand. City are still firm favourites for the title and history suggests they will bounce back from a rare defeat.
Pep Guardiola knows that Liverpool and every other team will not stop fighting to stop City from winning the title. He's warned about the strength of Liverpool on plenty of occasions in recent weeks, and also predicted that defeats will come between now and the end of the season.
He has always insisted that when that defeat does come, he will be looking for how his players respond to the setback.
City now have a week before their next game - coincidentally a trip to Merseyside to take on Everton - and Guardiola can use that time to reset minds and work on improvements on the training ground.
He will expect a strong response from City who slipped well below their own high standards on Saturday.
If he got the impression the players weren't quite getting the message then he could point towards the celebrations from around the country at their first league defeat since October. The rest of the country, especially those in Liverpool, are waiting for City to falter and throw away their title.
The glee that followed the Spurs defeat to reduce the gap to only six points is a reminder to the City squad that they remain the biggest scalp in the Premier League.
Saturday showed that it's City against the world - and the best way to react to a setback like the Spurs and Liverpool results is to put another winning run together and make sure the next time they have an off-day, there won't be any need for those wild celebrations in the pubs of Merseyside.
