The average age of Klopp’s Liverpool’s team on Wednesday was 23 years. Fausto Coppi’s rather gloomy prediction that they would be beaten by age and treachery thankfully turned out to be quite off the mark.

The much older Southampton team were soundly beaten 3-0 and Liverpool are through to the next round of the FA cup.

Lewis Koumas and Jayden Danns both in their eighteens did the scoring. History was created when Klopp subbed 16-year-old Trey Nyoni on. He became the youngest player ever to play in an FA Cup match.

Youth and skill all the way.