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As he lay in Tariq Lamptey’s wake early in the game, Luis Diaz looked pleadingly at referee Mike Dean.

The Colombian wanted a free-kick for the full-back’s robust but perfectly legal challenge, one he’d have been granted during his time in Portugal but one which would never be forthcoming here.

Diaz was back on the deck again soon after, this time properly flattened by Brighton keeper Robert Sanchez.

The Liverpool man had nicked in ahead of Sanchez to head home Joel Matip’s perfectly-weighted pass … and been absolutely clattered for his troubles.

When he looks in the mirror this morning, Diaz might see a bruise or two on his face looking back at him.

And you get the feeling the in-yer-face, high-octane and highly entertaining way he likes to play his football means there’ll be plenty of bloody noses in the weeks and months ahead as he

But, metaphorically at least, the 25-year-old is going to dish out many more than he suffers himself as he duffs up defences the length and breadth of the country, and across the continent, too.

What an addition he is proving to be to an already tantalising forward line.

And you have to wonder what Mohamed Salah could possibly find elsewhere that would be more enticing than staying at Anfield for a couple more years at least to see what heights he and Diaz, Sadio Mane and Diogo Jota can hit together.

Their goals here at the Amex separated Liverpool from Brighton