You just knew it was going to happen. And you just knew it was going to be him.
I kept saying we needed a second, but The Reds wasted opening after opening, chance after chance, to finish the game off.
Almost every time that happens, the inevitable follows. Points get dropped.
Here are three things we learned from yesterday's draw against Spurs:
If Liverpool are drawing or winning by one goal, they are far more likely to drop points than to see it out or grab the winner
Apart from when Liverpool themselves have scored late on, the only Premier League games in which they have won by a one goal margin this season are Sunderland away, Wolves at home, Spurs away (with nine men), and Everton at home. So four.
The number of games in which they have dropped points late on in the league now stands at nine. Ten if you include the home game against Burnley, in which they equalised in the 65th minute.
There was a phase where Liverpool kept winning it in the last minute at the start of the season - but that has only happened once since August (against Forest).
Sometimes, you just get habits in a season. And those habits die hard. The crowd gets nervous, thinking 'here we go again' and it rubs off on the players.
I remember when in 22/23, there was a habit of constantly going 1-0 down in the first 20.
It may well be that this does not get reset until the new season. The players lack confidence and it's going to take time for that to be built back up.
I often have a lot of sympathy with these goals. A lot of them are usually lucky, or amazing finishes which Liverpool can't do much about. And I also agree with trying to win the game and risking the loss, rather than settling for the draw.
But Sunday's goal was very, very soft. It's another lapse in concentration at a key point in the match. There was no brilliance, no lucky finish (albeit it was scuffed) or bounce - it was just too easy.
However, it should really have been a consolation goal. Arne Slot's men were wasteful and had many opportunities to see out the game; they didn't make enough good chances from strong positions and too often the final pass was sloppy. Yet again, this would prove costly.
The good thing is Liverpool are great at getting in these positions. What's going wrong is they are simply not ruthless enough.
A proper pre-season and reset should hopefully solve this problem for the next campaign.
Rio Ngumoha is an exceptional talent
I do have some sympathy in that I think Ngumoha was tripped in the box at 1-0. The referee didn't book him, so he clearly felt there was contact.
Liverpool just aren't getting those 50-50s, and I think it's now one penalty in their last 26 matches, which is very strange for an attacking side who spends a lot of time in the opposition box.
Anyway, the positive take is that it was brilliant play by young Rio, who was about to square it before he got taken out. He caused problems all day, and his end product will get better with time.
It feels like he is adding more value than Salah at the moment. According to Opta, "Aged 17 years and 198 days, Rio Ngumoha is the youngest player on record (from 2006-07) to complete as many as seven dribbles in a single Premier League game."
Right now it feels like Salah can't beat his man, unless he's up against someone really slow. Whereas Ngumoha is skinning 2-3 players in the same run.
He's clearly got the quality to start in big games, but we have to be (and are being) mindful of his under-developed body.
The crowd are not adequately backing the team
Some really interesting comments from Dominik Szoboslai today which can be read in James Pearce's piece for the Athletic.
The Hungarian said: “I don’t think it helps us also that after 80 minutes people start to go home, it doesn’t help us at all.”
“Everyone is noticing that and when we concede a goal still people are leaving the stadium – you don’t leave when we score. I understand the frustration but we need them, we need everybody.
“I don’t say they have no right to leave the stadium, they can leave if they want. But we need them and they should know this. We are one less without them. Let’s say it like this. We want to make them happy, it’s not that we do it on purpose. They can be angry but stick with us because we are a family, we need you guys."
As mentioned earlier, the attitude of the crowd feeds off on the players. I get that the fans will feel pensive when we are holding on to a lead (I personally pace up and down my living room with my fists clenched) but how is leaving the game so early helping anyone? Even worse, what is the point of singing You'll Never Walk Alone if you are then going to boo the players?
We all want the results to change. We all know Liverpool can do better. Booing is not going to help that along, it's going to make it worse.
Fans have every right to be frustrated but to boo the team is unacceptable. I agree with Dom. There has never been a more important time to get behind the players.
Ironically, people are worried that some of the stronger, more ambitious players will leave if Liverpool don't make top five.
Well, one thing's for sure, they are more likely to leave if fans do not appreciate their efforts, wherever they finish.