Was this Mane all over again?

Liverpool fans often point to the sight of an overjoyed Sadio Mane running towards a raucous away end at Aston Villa in November of 2019 as the moment they truly ended their long title wait.

The Reds needed months to confirm the honour but for many, the race was won when that glancing header beat Villa at the death. On such moments, momentum becomes an avalanche and titles are clinched.

Saturday's added-time drama at Brentford contained its fair share of delirium, not to mention an eye-catching moment that has fans talking. Was this the Mane header all over again?

When Darwin Nunez applied his finish in the 91st minute, the Uruguayan threw his shirt into the air and led a pack of chasing team-mates to the corner flag, where the Reds' travelling fans were losing their minds.

The footage of the celebrations has become a viral social media hit, with Federico Chiesa's eyes-wide joy a prominent feature and Harvey Elliott playing a starring role.

Elliott sprints after Nunez, picks up the striker's tossed shirt from the floor and in a rhythmic, almost poetic manner, boots a pitchside ball high into the bouncing away end.

On a day when 37 shots had been fired at the Brentford goal, at the end of a week when Nunez was discussed at length by pundits expecting his imminent departure, and after a run of days where the word "blip" was used perhaps more than it should have been, Elliott's swipe punched through the January air, as roars poured down at him, his jubilant team-mates and a striker reborn for perhaps the fifth, sixth or seventh time in his Anfield career.

Following Mane's Villa Park header, Liverpool won 16 league games in a row.

Reds fans will hope Nunez's moment and Elliott's big boot prove to be as influential and, one day, as iconic.