As Anfield celebrated its second win and clean sheet in a row, the doom and gloom of the last month lifted to fervent celebrations, but Arne Slot will know the next challenge ahead.

It feels good, doesn’t it?

Anfield was alive against Real Madrid, united in its desire for blood and to show that entitlement gets you nowhere against a team and fanbase at perfect harmony.

If we turn back the clock only one week, we are, rightly, questioning Slot’s team selection as the Reds lose for the sixth time in seven games, with a potentially season-defining three games ahead.

The ebbs and flows in football can be dramatic, out for the count one minute and a season rekindled the next, but that is sport in a nutshell – the emotional rollercoaster doesn’t have to make sense.

But the hopeful onlookers itching to see Real Madrid roll Liverpool over at Anfield were left disappointed as Slot reverted to a trusted formula and Anfield ignited.

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“I think just after we scored, I think Florian was maybe down on the ground, and the lads were looking around saying ‘This is where you want to play, these are the games...