Divock Origi had been overdue a potentially season-altering goal but chose some moment to provide it. Titles are won on days like this and everyone present knew it, not least all of those who leapt off the
Liverpool bench and celebrated extravagantly when Wolves’ resistance was finally broken.
A match whose tenor rose as the temperature plummeted had looked certain to be remembered for an astonishing miss by Diogo Jota before his teammate, finishing clinically four minutes into added time, ensured there would be no regretting an opportunity squandered.