A declaration that Crystal Palace could go to the hardest ground in England, concede three goals to the most dangerous attack in Europe, and score three of their own. That the system worked.
That the identity held. That an eighteen-year-old academy product could score at Anfield in the eighty-seventh minute because the manager who coached him trusted him more than the transfer market.
The final three minutes were both teams trying to score a seventh goal. Salah had a shot saved. Zaha had a shot blocked. Firmino headed over. Blake, who was running on pure adrenaline and the invincibility of youth, won a tackle against Van Dijk that made the Dutchman look at him with the surprised respect of a man who had just been tackled by a teenager and who was not entirely sure how it had happened.
The whistle blew. Liverpool 3-3 Crystal Palace.
