For the sending-off of Andy Robertson after 17 minutes - for the denial of a goalscoring opportunity for Harry Wilson - there could be few complaints.

The source of the ire was maybe not giving Fulham goalscorer Andreas Pereira a red card of his own after raking his studs down the Achilles of Ryan Gravenberch, who excelled as a makeshift centre-back in the absence of Robertson.

A case could also be made for the Kop's boos to stem from the lack of additional time on top of the nine added on for what was top-tier gamesmanship from the full visiting contingent, particularly Alex Iwobi and Antonee Robinson, who most certainly took longer than necessary to pick themselves up after a couple of incidents involving Mohamed Salah and Darwin Nunez.

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Or maybe the frustration of the home faithful could be traced back to the call to not to send off Issa Diop inside the early seconds, when his thigh-high challenge on Robertson was given only yellow.

An eventful a 17-minute period as Robertson has likely ever had began with him being taken down by an awful Diop challenge that was high in its inexecution.

A few minutes before that unfolded, Harrington opted only to caution goalscorer Pereira for a nasty rake on Gravenberch.

The nine minutes of additional time came and went largely without any gilt-edged chances for the Reds, save for one goalmouth scramble and a blocked effort for Van Dijk from Robinson