The clock in the corner of the ground was showing 3.35pm, and The Kop was in raptures as Liverpool's number nine was mobbed by his team-mates.
Some 236 days after joining the club, Alexander Isak's long wait for his first home Premier League goal for Liverpool was finally over.
Isak set his side on the way to a hard-fought 3-1 victory over Crystal Palace with a shot into the ground that looped over goalkeeper Dean Henderson and into the net.
For the first time in a long time, the man who cost a British record £125m was smiling again on a day of firsts for Isak and Liverpool.
This was the Swede's first goal of 2026, and the first time the Reds have won a home league game he started.
"Did anyone ever think we would say this, eight or nine months ago, that at the end of April, Alexander Isak scored his first Liverpool league goal at Anfield?" asked manager Arne Slot after the game.
"That sums up this season a lot - that an unbelievable striker has had such a long time with injuries.
"It's really nice that he has scored because when we signed him we knew he could score goals."
But will this goal mark a turning point for the player whose first season at Anfield has been overshadowed by injuries and a loss of form?