11 months ago, Liverpool and Manchester City met at Anfield with both sides vying for the Premier League title.
The hosts were the surprise package in the league, emerging almost from nowhere after Christmas as they surged up the table in a terrific swing of confidence and momentum.
Welcoming a Manuel Pelligrini side with just five league games left, the winner would surely emerge as the favourites to go on and lift the league in May.
As it so happens, the Reds celebrated an emotional day - the 25th anniversary of the Hillsborough disaster - with a fitting performance. A game that will live long in the memory of any Liverpool fan.
A rollercoaster of emotions, City drew level shortly after the break despite Liverpool leading 2-0 after half-an-hour. The game ended fittingly, with the impressive Philippe Coutinho the matchwinner, seizing on a Vincent Kompany mistake to lash a curling strike past Joe Hart in the 78th minute to mark 10 straight league victories.
Despite the fact the Reds would go on to infamously crumble with the Premier League title practically inches away from their fingertips, the 3-2 victory over at Manchester City still serves as a reminder of how special the 2013-14 season was for Brendan Rodgers and his Liverpool side.
Almost a year on from the occasion, the two sides met in completely differing circumstances on Sunday afternoon.
The Reds, having had a dire start to the current campaign, have slowly began to click into gear. Moving closer and closer to the top-four as they continue to strive for both defensive solidity and offensive fluidity in a brazen 3-4-3 formation, the brainchild of Brendan Rodgers, Liverpool are not the same side they were the last time the two met on Merseyside.
Manchester City, despite having suffered a number of setbacks in their fight to retain the title, were still the same star-studded side, albeit with even more firepower in the form of January addition Wilfried Bony. Approaching the game in a wonderful position to close the gap to table-toppers Chelsea - who were busy claiming yet more silverware in the Capital One Cup - City were by far the favourites to clinch victory.
Again, the hopeful champions left Anfield disappointed. Having yet to return across the M62 with the full three points since 2003, it was again the diminuitive figure of the incredible Philippe Coutinho who sent them home empty-handed.
In a splendid show of strength and "character" (the word Brendan Rodgers loves to use so regularly), the Reds dealt with plenty of City pressure and put in a performance that few expected. With most of their starters having played the full 120 minutes on Thursday night, when they were dumped out of Europe - Liverpool's performance was surprisingly energetic and effervescent, as opposed to the fatigued and possibly dejected display many expected to see.
Following huge results over Tottenham Hotspur and Southampton, the Reds gained yet more momentum as they brushed aside the challenge of a team who thrashed Newcastle United 5-0 a week beforehand, thanks to exquisite goals from Jordan Henderson and Coutinho.
Even more impressive, was that Liverpool overcame the challenge without the experienced figures of Steven Gerrard, Lucas Leiva and Mamadou Sakho. The Frenchman, struggling with a hip injury, was replaced by a low-on-confidence Dejan Lovren - whose penalty knocked the Reds out of Europe in mid-week, but despite a number of shaky moments and a fair few misplaced passes, Lovren dealt with the pressure well. The defensive midfield void Gerrard and Lucas was stop-gapped by the presence of combative midfielder Joe Allen, who paired Jordan Henderson. The Reds did not even start with a recognised striker, as many gasped at the sight of all four of Liverpool's main forwards on the bench.
Let's make it clear, this was not Liverpool at their strongest. Daniel Sturridge did not make his way onto the pitch until the game was pretty much decided. But, you wouldn't have thought it from witnessing their 90 minutes.
With excuses ready made for what many anticipated would be a thumping defeat in favour of the title-chasing visitors, Liverpool's level of performance showed exactly when Rodgers side are well-placed for an assault on the top four, and exactly why Liverpool's confidence is again on the up.
Bouncing back to the Europa League loss, Liverpool were propelled to victory by the returning Coutinho. Rested against Besiktas after starting 19 successive games in all competitions, the Brazilian's performance demonstrated perfectly why he's so important to Rodgers' Liverpool.
Adding top-class finishing to his impressive repertoire of clever pressing, tenacity, boundless creativity and dangerous positioning - the no.10 popped up in between the lines to add the creativity and vision that the Reds lacked on Thursday night in Turkey.
Whilst there's improvement to be made, for sure, Coutinho - at just 22 years old - has serious potential to become a world-class midfielder. No wonder then, Rodgers was desperate to pen his creative kingpin to a new contract only a few weeks ago.
Combining beautifully with Raheem Sterling and Adam Lallana, Coutinho was the brightest jewel in Rodgers' crown on Sunday. For the second successive league game, the Brazilian had tongues wagging with a powerful dipping effort finding the back of the net, and at just £8.5 million - he looks a better buy game-by-game.
Whilst Coutinho is still only young himself, the average age of Liverpool's entire starting team was only 24 years and 93 days old. Only one was over the age of 26, compared to City's experienced line-up that averaged 29 years and 284 days old.
Not only is the Northern Irishman building a team full of flair, creativity and most importantly - a ruthless work ethic, but their core is young and has plenty left yet to give. Just as the manager himself pointed out after the game, this is only the start. Despite such a dreadful start to the season, the Reds are now truly starting to gel, under a system that suits all their best individuals.
Even when they're not performing quite at their best, the Reds are picking up points and with a host of favourable fixtures awaiting them (Liverpool only have five teams of the current top ten left to play), they are slowly emerging as strong contenders for 4th.
The revival has well and truly picked up pace, with 27 points from the last 33 available accrued, the Reds are putting the dismal winter months behind them. Spring is coming, and Brendan Rodgers' Liverpool are truly beginning to blossom.